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Sample output of sensors-detect
taken from here:
Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)
Driver `lm90':
* Bus `SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4d00'
Busdriver `i2c_nforce2', I2C address 0x4c
Chip `Winbond W83L771AWG/ASG' (confidence: 6)
What does this confidence value mean? If the confidence value is 6, does this mean the confidence interval is +/- 6°C?
Just curious as to how accurate the readings from sensors
are. For me at least, these values tend to jump around a lot, and I was wondering if that reflects the actual fluctuating temperature of my CPU, or if it's just random noise.
confidence is how certain it is that the device is what it detected. 9 means it 99% sure it is that device and 1 is a wild guess. – cybernard – 2014-12-15T00:26:46.767
Ahh, so it means the confidence that it got the device name / details right, not the confidence of the temperature readings themselves. If you turn this into an answer I'll accept it. – Jamie – 2014-12-16T20:59:13.477