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authorHuang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>2015-08-27 04:07:37 -0400
committerGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>2015-08-27 10:51:15 -0400
commit5aeb5d205e122b70742df94a7d51a3502f1a8277 (patch)
treeebe64159fa818992c33afbc9b7cdc8f13eea3dbf
parente9cd4d55d16f880ddf436fbae8c0c82ce0a928d5 (diff)
hwmon: (fam15h_power) Add documentation for new processors support
This patch updates description of fam15h_power driver, its scope is extended to family 16h processsors. Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power b/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power
index 80654813d04a..e2b1b69eebea 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ Kernel driver fam15h_power
3 3
4Supported chips: 4Supported chips:
5* AMD Family 15h Processors 5* AMD Family 15h Processors
6* AMD Family 16h Processors
6 7
7 Prefix: 'fam15h_power' 8 Prefix: 'fam15h_power'
8 Addresses scanned: PCI space 9 Addresses scanned: PCI space
9 Datasheets: 10 Datasheets:
10 BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors 11 BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors
11 (not yet published) 12 BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 16h Processors
12 13
13Author: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com> 14Author: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>
14 15
@@ -16,10 +17,11 @@ Description
16----------- 17-----------
17 18
18This driver permits reading of registers providing power information 19This driver permits reading of registers providing power information
19of AMD Family 15h processors. 20of AMD Family 15h and 16h processors.
20 21
21For AMD Family 15h processors the following power values can be 22For AMD Family 15h and 16h processors the following power values can
22calculated using different processor northbridge function registers: 23be calculated using different processor northbridge function
24registers:
23 25
24* BasePwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power 26* BasePwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
25 consumed by the processor for NB and logic external to the core. 27 consumed by the processor for NB and logic external to the core.