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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/lm90 | 29 |
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 index 03d02bfb3df1..02ad96cf9b2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 @@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ Supported chips: Prefix: 'gl523sm' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1a, 0x29 - 0x2b, 0x4c - 0x4e Datasheet: - * Intel Xeon Processor - Prefix: - any other - may require 'force_adm1021' parameter - Addresses scanned: none - Datasheet: Publicly available at Intel website * Maxim MAX1617 Prefix: 'max1617' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1a, 0x29 - 0x2b, 0x4c - 0x4e @@ -91,21 +87,27 @@ will do no harm, but will return 'old' values. It is possible to make ADM1021-clones do faster measurements, but there is really no good reason for that. -Xeon support ------------- -Some Xeon processors have real max1617, adm1021, or compatible chips -within them, with two temperature sensors. +Netburst-based Xeon support +--------------------------- -Other Xeons have chips with only one sensor. +Some Xeon processors based on the Netburst (early Pentium 4, from 2001 to +2003) microarchitecture had real MAX1617, ADM1021, or compatible chips +within them, with two temperature sensors. Other Xeon processors of this +era (with 400 MHz FSB) had chips with only one temperature sensor. -If you have a Xeon, and the adm1021 module loads, and both temperatures -appear valid, then things are good. +If you have such an old Xeon, and you get two valid temperatures when +loading the adm1021 module, then things are good. -If the adm1021 module doesn't load, you should try this: - modprobe adm1021 force_adm1021=BUS,ADDRESS - ADDRESS can only be 0x18, 0x1a, 0x29, 0x2b, 0x4c, or 0x4e. +If nothing happens when loading the adm1021 module, and you are certain +that your specific Xeon processor model includes compatible sensors, you +will have to explicitly instantiate the sensor chips from user-space. See +method 4 in Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices. Possible slave +addresses are 0x18, 0x1a, 0x29, 0x2b, 0x4c, or 0x4e. It is likely that +only temp2 will be correct and temp1 will have to be ignored. -If you have dual Xeons you may have appear to have two separate -adm1021-compatible chips, or two single-temperature sensors, at distinct -addresses. +Previous generations of the Xeon processor (based on Pentium II/III) +didn't have these sensors. Next generations of Xeon processors (533 MHz +FSB and faster) lost them, until the Core-based generation which +introduced integrated digital thermal sensors. These are supported by +the coretemp driver. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 index fa475c0a48a3..f3efd18e87f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 @@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d Datasheet: Publicly available at the ON Semiconductor website http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=ADT7461 + * Analog Devices ADT7461A + Prefix: 'adt7461a' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d + Datasheet: Publicly available at the ON Semiconductor website + http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=ADT7461A + * ON Semiconductor NCT1008 + Prefix: 'nct1008' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d + Datasheet: Publicly available at the ON Semiconductor website + http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=NCT1008 * Maxim MAX6646 Prefix: 'max6646' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4d @@ -149,7 +159,7 @@ ADM1032: * ALERT is triggered by open remote sensor. * SMBus PEC support for Write Byte and Receive Byte transactions. -ADT7461: +ADT7461, ADT7461A, NCT1008: * Extended temperature range (breaks compatibility) * Lower resolution for remote temperature @@ -195,9 +205,9 @@ are exported, one for each channel, but these values are of course linked. Only the local hysteresis can be set from user-space, and the same delta applies to the remote hysteresis. -The lm90 driver will not update its values more frequently than every -other second; reading them more often will do no harm, but will return -'old' values. +The lm90 driver will not update its values more frequently than configured with +the update_interval attribute; reading them more often will do no harm, but will +return 'old' values. SMBus Alert Support ------------------- @@ -205,11 +215,12 @@ SMBus Alert Support This driver has basic support for SMBus alert. When an alert is received, the status register is read and the faulty temperature channel is logged. -The Analog Devices chips (ADM1032 and ADT7461) do not implement the SMBus -alert protocol properly so additional care is needed: the ALERT output is -disabled when an alert is received, and is re-enabled only when the alarm -is gone. Otherwise the chip would block alerts from other chips in the bus -as long as the alarm is active. +The Analog Devices chips (ADM1032, ADT7461 and ADT7461A) and ON +Semiconductor chips (NCT1008) do not implement the SMBus alert protocol +properly so additional care is needed: the ALERT output is disabled when +an alert is received, and is re-enabled only when the alarm is gone. +Otherwise the chip would block alerts from other chips in the bus as long +as the alarm is active. PEC Support ----------- |