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@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ The National Semiconductor Super I/O chip includes complete hardware
20monitoring capabilities. It can monitor up to 18 voltages, 8 fans and 20monitoring capabilities. It can monitor up to 18 voltages, 8 fans and
216 temperature sensors. Only the fans are supported at the moment. 216 temperature sensors. Only the fans are supported at the moment.
22 22
23This chip also has fan controlling features, which are not yet supported 23This chip also has fan controlling features (up to 4 PWM outputs),
24by this driver either. 24which are partly supported by this driver.
25 25
26The driver assumes that no more than one chip is present, which seems 26The driver assumes that no more than one chip is present, which seems
27reasonable. 27reasonable.
@@ -36,3 +36,12 @@ signal. Speeds down to 83 RPM can be measured.
36An alarm is triggered if the rotation speed drops below a programmable 36An alarm is triggered if the rotation speed drops below a programmable
37limit. Another alarm is triggered if the speed is too low to be measured 37limit. Another alarm is triggered if the speed is too low to be measured
38(including stalled or missing fan). 38(including stalled or missing fan).
39
40
41Fan Speed Control
42-----------------
43
44Fan speed can be controlled by PWM outputs. There are 4 possible modes:
45always off, always on, manual and automatic. The latter isn't supported
46by the driver: you can only return to that mode if it was the original
47setting, and the configuration interface is missing.