Hardware monitoring support

configname: CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Hardware Monitoring support
└─>Hardware Monitoring support
└─>Generic Thermal sysfs driver
└─>Hardware monitoring support
In linux kernel since version 2.6.26 (release Date: 2008-07-13)  
The generic thermal sysfs driver's hardware monitoring support
requires a 2.10.7/3.0.2 or later lm-sensors userspace.

Say Y if your user-space is new enough.