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author | Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> | 2008-08-15 03:40:40 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-08-15 11:35:44 -0400 |
commit | eb93b7df7e66597fa807e34a0f812ffff7ff165b (patch) | |
tree | 64e0397f7bce520291fa9d4651933e39e85d3be5 | |
parent | 4ef664b5bc93bbfe28513165216a8c9f4fad5314 (diff) |
ibmaem: update the documentation to reflect the current name
Minor documentation update to reflect the current full name of the power
management hardware interface and reflows the text a bit.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem index 2fefaf582a43..e98bdfea3467 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem | |||
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ | |||
1 | Kernel driver ibmaem | 1 | Kernel driver ibmaem |
2 | ====================== | 2 | ====================== |
3 | 3 | ||
4 | This driver talks to the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, known | ||
5 | henceforth as AEM. | ||
6 | |||
4 | Supported systems: | 7 | Supported systems: |
5 | * Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager support. | 8 | * Any recent IBM System X server with AEM support. |
6 | This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2, | 9 | This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2, |
7 | x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface | 10 | x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface |
8 | driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything. | 11 | driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything. |
@@ -14,24 +17,22 @@ Author: Darrick J. Wong | |||
14 | Description | 17 | Description |
15 | ----------- | 18 | ----------- |
16 | 19 | ||
17 | This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power | 20 | This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power meters |
18 | meters available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All | 21 | available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All sensor banks |
19 | sensor banks will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk | 22 | will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk to both v1 and v2 |
20 | to both v1 and v2 interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the | 23 | interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the older ibmpex driver. |
21 | older ibmpex driver. | ||
22 | 24 | ||
23 | The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. | 25 | The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. There |
24 | There is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption | 26 | is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption since the |
25 | since the last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power | 27 | last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power use over a |
26 | use over a configurable interval. | 28 | configurable interval. |
27 | 29 | ||
28 | The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present | 30 | The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present a wider |
29 | a wider range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as | 31 | range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as set by the AEM |
30 | set by the AEM software, and temperature sensors. | 32 | software, and temperature sensors. |
31 | 33 | ||
32 | Special Features | 34 | Special Features |
33 | ---------------- | 35 | ---------------- |
34 | 36 | ||
35 | The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by | 37 | The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by the AEM |
36 | the Active Energy Manager software. Setting the power cap from the host | 38 | software. Setting the power cap from the host is not currently supported. |
37 | is not currently supported. | ||
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c index c9416e657487..5e4775a62f6c 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c | |||
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ | |||
1 | /* | 1 | /* |
2 | * A hwmon driver for the IBM Active Energy Manager temperature/power sensors | 2 | * A hwmon driver for the IBM System Director Active Energy Manager (AEM) |
3 | * and capping functionality. | 3 | * temperature/power/energy sensors and capping functionality. |
4 | * Copyright (C) 2008 IBM | 4 | * Copyright (C) 2008 IBM |
5 | * | 5 | * |
6 | * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> | 6 | * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> |
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ static void __exit aem_exit(void) | |||
1104 | } | 1104 | } |
1105 | 1105 | ||
1106 | MODULE_AUTHOR("Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>"); | 1106 | MODULE_AUTHOR("Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>"); |
1107 | MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM Active Energy Manager power/temp sensor driver"); | 1107 | MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM AEM power/temp/energy sensor driver"); |
1108 | MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | 1108 | MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); |
1109 | 1109 | ||
1110 | module_init(aem_init); | 1110 | module_init(aem_init); |