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authorMark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>2005-11-26 14:10:56 -0500
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2006-01-06 01:16:20 -0500
commit5b319400f5e2cd31a82b38405856ff2b46a9bb83 (patch)
treeab22b0738f072128dc428f16aa37b0aa89934cc4 /Documentation/hwmon
parentdd149c52223cfb05cdefb0755d3c2793e8d33ede (diff)
[PATCH] hwmon: Clarify the W83627THF VID documentation
This patch clarifies the W83627THF VID documentation. Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
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+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ If you really want i2c accesses for these Super I/O chips,
54use the w83781d driver. However this is not the preferred method 54use the w83781d driver. However this is not the preferred method
55now that this ISA driver has been developed. 55now that this ISA driver has been developed.
56 56
57Technically, the w83627thf does not support a VID reading. However, it's 57The w83627_HF_ uses pins 110-106 as VID0-VID4. The w83627_THF_ uses the
58possible or even likely that your mainboard maker has routed these signals 58same pins as GPIO[0:4]. Technically, the w83627_THF_ does not support a
59to a specific set of general purpose IO pins (the Asus P4C800-E is one such 59VID reading. However the two chips have the identical 128 pin package. So,
60board). The w83627thf driver now interprets these as VID. If the VID on 60it is possible or even likely for a w83627thf to have the VID signals routed
61your board doesn't work, first see doc/vid in the lm_sensors package. If 61to these pins despite their not being labeled for that purpose. Therefore,
62that still doesn't help, email us at lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org. 62the w83627thf driver interprets these as VID. If the VID on your board
63doesn't work, first see doc/vid in the lm_sensors package[1]. If that still
64doesn't help, you may just ignore the bogus VID reading with no harm done.
63 65
64For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver 66For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver documentation.
65documentation. 67
68[1] http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2/doc/vid
66 69