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author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2005-06-23 17:37:53 -0400 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-07-11 17:10:36 -0400 |
commit | 089bd86632769051f15cd7387eebe126d18f151f (patch) | |
tree | 57637f07d7cb28543db158d2457804e968d2a021 /Documentation | |
parent | 9ab1ee2ab7d65979c0f14a60ee1f29f8988f5811 (diff) |
[PATCH] I2C: max6875 documentation update
Here is a proposed documentation update for the new max6875 i2c chip
driver.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 | 22 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 index b4fb49b41813..b02002898a09 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 +++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 | |||
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ Kernel driver max6875 | |||
2 | ===================== | 2 | ===================== |
3 | 3 | ||
4 | Supported chips: | 4 | Supported chips: |
5 | * Maxim max6874, max6875 | 5 | * Maxim MAX6874, MAX6875 |
6 | Prefixes: 'max6875' | 6 | Prefix: 'max6875' |
7 | Addresses scanned: 0x50, 0x52 | 7 | Addresses scanned: 0x50, 0x52 |
8 | Datasheets: | 8 | Datasheet: |
9 | http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6874-MAX6875.pdf | 9 | http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6874-MAX6875.pdf |
10 | 10 | ||
11 | Author: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com> | 11 | Author: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com> |
@@ -23,14 +23,26 @@ Module Parameters | |||
23 | Description | 23 | Description |
24 | ----------- | 24 | ----------- |
25 | 25 | ||
26 | The MAXIM max6875 is a EEPROM-programmable power-supply sequencer/supervisor. | 26 | The Maxim MAX6875 is an EEPROM-programmable power-supply sequencer/supervisor. |
27 | It provides timed outputs that can be used as a watchdog, if properly wired. | 27 | It provides timed outputs that can be used as a watchdog, if properly wired. |
28 | It also provides 512 bytes of user EEPROM. | 28 | It also provides 512 bytes of user EEPROM. |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | At reset, the max6875 reads the configuration eeprom into its configuration | 30 | At reset, the MAX6875 reads the configuration EEPROM into its configuration |
31 | registers. The chip then begins to operate according to the values in the | 31 | registers. The chip then begins to operate according to the values in the |
32 | registers. | 32 | registers. |
33 | 33 | ||
34 | The Maxim MAX6874 is a similar, mostly compatible device, with more intputs | ||
35 | and outputs: | ||
36 | |||
37 | vin gpi vout | ||
38 | MAX6874 6 4 8 | ||
39 | MAX6875 4 3 5 | ||
40 | |||
41 | MAX6874 chips can have four different addresses (as opposed to only two for | ||
42 | the MAX6875). The additional addresses (0x54 and 0x56) are not probed by | ||
43 | this driver by default, but the probe module parameter can be used if | ||
44 | needed. | ||
45 | |||
34 | See the datasheet for details on how to program the EEPROM. | 46 | See the datasheet for details on how to program the EEPROM. |
35 | 47 | ||
36 | 48 | ||