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author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2007-09-04 17:25:33 -0400 |
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committer | Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> | 2007-10-09 22:56:31 -0400 |
commit | 428a7039c5717695935b946af9413e59f68928a4 (patch) | |
tree | d59028911c185b076401929178f11d7f7e0c5c34 /Documentation/hwmon/lm78 | |
parent | 69f2f96d9c189070ed5e40ec186b755ef697288d (diff) |
hwmon: (lm78) Add individual alarm files
Add individual alarm files to the lm78 driver, these are needed by
the next version of libsensors.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/lm78')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/lm78 | 10 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm78 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm78 index fd5dc7a19f0e..dfc318a60fd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm78 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm78 | |||
@@ -56,16 +56,6 @@ should work with. This is hardcoded by the mainboard and/or processor itself. | |||
56 | It is a value in volts. When it is unconnected, you will often find the | 56 | It is a value in volts. When it is unconnected, you will often find the |
57 | value 3.50 V here. | 57 | value 3.50 V here. |
58 | 58 | ||
59 | In addition to the alarms described above, there are a couple of additional | ||
60 | ones. There is a BTI alarm, which gets triggered when an external chip has | ||
61 | crossed its limits. Usually, this is connected to all LM75 chips; if at | ||
62 | least one crosses its limits, this bit gets set. The CHAS alarm triggers | ||
63 | if your computer case is open. The FIFO alarms should never trigger; it | ||
64 | indicates an internal error. The SMI_IN alarm indicates some other chip | ||
65 | has triggered an SMI interrupt. As we do not use SMI interrupts at all, | ||
66 | this condition usually indicates there is a problem with some other | ||
67 | device. | ||
68 | |||
69 | If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register | 59 | If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register |
70 | is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may | 60 | is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may |
71 | already have disappeared! Note that in the current implementation, all | 61 | already have disappeared! Note that in the current implementation, all |