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author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2005-07-02 12:52:48 -0400 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-07-11 17:47:41 -0400 |
commit | ede7fbdf526c314850c9f32dd8da1753bf8d0ad5 (patch) | |
tree | 2f1fefa6f6df58f5c27bf98bd7df0908e97e44ef /Documentation/hwmon/lm80 | |
parent | 8d5d45fb14680326f833295f2316a4ec5e357220 (diff) |
[PATCH] I2C: Move hwmon drivers (3/3)
Part 3: Move the drivers documentation, plus two general documentation
files.
Note that the patch "adds trailing whitespace", because it does move the
files as-is, and some files happen to have trailing whitespace.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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1 | Kernel driver lm80 | ||
2 | ================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | Supported chips: | ||
5 | * National Semiconductor LM80 | ||
6 | Prefix: 'lm80' | ||
7 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x28 - 0x2f | ||
8 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the National Semiconductor website | ||
9 | http://www.national.com/ | ||
10 | |||
11 | Authors: | ||
12 | Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, | ||
13 | Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com> | ||
14 | |||
15 | Description | ||
16 | ----------- | ||
17 | |||
18 | This driver implements support for the National Semiconductor LM80. | ||
19 | It is described as a 'Serial Interface ACPI-Compatible Microprocessor | ||
20 | System Hardware Monitor'. | ||
21 | |||
22 | The LM80 implements one temperature sensor, two fan rotation speed sensors, | ||
23 | seven voltage sensors, alarms, and some miscellaneous stuff. | ||
24 | |||
25 | Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. There are two sets of limits | ||
26 | which operate independently. When the HOT Temperature Limit is crossed, | ||
27 | this will cause an alarm that will be reasserted until the temperature | ||
28 | drops below the HOT Hysteresis. The Overtemperature Shutdown (OS) limits | ||
29 | should work in the same way (but this must be checked; the datasheet | ||
30 | is unclear about this). Measurements are guaranteed between -55 and | ||
31 | +125 degrees. The current temperature measurement has a resolution of | ||
32 | 0.0625 degrees; the limits have a resolution of 1 degree. | ||
33 | |||
34 | Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is | ||
35 | triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. Fan | ||
36 | readings can be divided by a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give | ||
37 | the readings more range or accuracy. Not all RPM values can accurately be | ||
38 | represented, so some rounding is done. With a divider of 2, the lowest | ||
39 | representable value is around 2600 RPM. | ||
40 | |||
41 | Voltage sensors (also known as IN sensors) report their values in volts. | ||
42 | An alarm is triggered if the voltage has crossed a programmable minimum | ||
43 | or maximum limit. Note that minimum in this case always means 'closest to | ||
44 | zero'; this is important for negative voltage measurements. All voltage | ||
45 | inputs can measure voltages between 0 and 2.55 volts, with a resolution | ||
46 | of 0.01 volt. | ||
47 | |||
48 | If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register | ||
49 | is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may | ||
50 | already have disappeared! Note that in the current implementation, all | ||
51 | hardware registers are read whenever any data is read (unless it is less | ||
52 | than 2.0 seconds since the last update). This means that you can easily | ||
53 | miss once-only alarms. | ||
54 | |||
55 | The LM80 only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often | ||
56 | will do no harm, but will return 'old' values. | ||