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| 16 | SMSC SCH5627 Super I/O chips include complete hardware monitoring | 16 | SMSC SCH5627 Super I/O chips include complete hardware monitoring |
| 17 | capabilities. They can monitor up to 5 voltages, 4 fans and 8 temperatures. | 17 | capabilities. They can monitor up to 5 voltages, 4 fans and 8 temperatures. |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | The SMSC SCH5627 hardware monitoring part also contains an integrated | ||
| 20 | watchdog. In order for this watchdog to function some motherboard specific | ||
| 21 | initialization most be done by the BIOS, so if the watchdog is not enabled | ||
| 22 | by the BIOS the sch5627 driver will not register a watchdog device. | ||
| 23 | |||
| 19 | The hardware monitoring part of the SMSC SCH5627 is accessed by talking | 24 | The hardware monitoring part of the SMSC SCH5627 is accessed by talking |
| 20 | through an embedded microcontroller. An application note describing the | 25 | through an embedded microcontroller. An application note describing the |
| 21 | protocol for communicating with the microcontroller is available upon | 26 | protocol for communicating with the microcontroller is available upon |