Can Ubuntu use lm_sensors and updated drivers (such as it87) from https://github.com/groeck/it87 ?

Hi,

I'm trying to run lm_sensors on my brand new motherboard (Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF) using the Z370 chipset, and according to the author/maintainer of lm_sensors/it87 driver, fan controls would be supported by chip it8686.

Currently such chip is supported only in it87 version https://github.com/groeck/it87; unfortunately both Ubuntu's bionic and Torvalds' repositories have got an outdated version:

* http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-bionic.git/tree/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
* https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/hwmon/it87.c

Can you please update Bionic (at least) to feature this updated driver?
Controlling fans speed and other motherboard parameters would be great, especially on new hardware.

Thanks!

Full discussion thread with driver maintainer here: https://github.com/groeck/lm-sensors/issues/44