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-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ltc42157
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ltc42457
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface57
3 files changed, 64 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215
index 2e6a21eb656c..c196a1846259 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ Usage Notes
22----------- 22-----------
23 23
24This driver does not probe for LTC4215 devices, due to the fact that some 24This driver does not probe for LTC4215 devices, due to the fact that some
25of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use 25of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will have to
26the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device. 26instantiate the devices explicitly.
27 27
28Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4215 at address 0x44 28Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4215 at address 0x44
29on I2C bus #0: 29on I2C bus #0:
30$ modprobe ltc4215 force=0,0x44 30$ modprobe ltc4215
31$ echo ltc4215 0x44 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device
31 32
32 33
33Sysfs entries 34Sysfs entries
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
index bae7a3adc5d8..02838a47d862 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ Usage Notes
23----------- 23-----------
24 24
25This driver does not probe for LTC4245 devices, due to the fact that some 25This driver does not probe for LTC4245 devices, due to the fact that some
26of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use 26of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will have to
27the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device. 27instantiate the devices explicitly.
28 28
29Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4245 at address 0x23 29Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4245 at address 0x23
30on I2C bus #1: 30on I2C bus #1:
31$ modprobe ltc4245 force=1,0x23 31$ modprobe ltc4245
32$ echo ltc4245 0x23 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device
32 33
33 34
34Sysfs entries 35Sysfs entries
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
index dcbd502c8792..82def883361b 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
@@ -353,10 +353,20 @@ power[1-*]_average Average power use
353 Unit: microWatt 353 Unit: microWatt
354 RO 354 RO
355 355
356power[1-*]_average_interval Power use averaging interval 356power[1-*]_average_interval Power use averaging interval. A poll
357 notification is sent to this file if the
358 hardware changes the averaging interval.
357 Unit: milliseconds 359 Unit: milliseconds
358 RW 360 RW
359 361
362power[1-*]_average_interval_max Maximum power use averaging interval
363 Unit: milliseconds
364 RO
365
366power[1-*]_average_interval_min Minimum power use averaging interval
367 Unit: milliseconds
368 RO
369
360power[1-*]_average_highest Historical average maximum power use 370power[1-*]_average_highest Historical average maximum power use
361 Unit: microWatt 371 Unit: microWatt
362 RO 372 RO
@@ -365,6 +375,18 @@ power[1-*]_average_lowest Historical average minimum power use
365 Unit: microWatt 375 Unit: microWatt
366 RO 376 RO
367 377
378power[1-*]_average_max A poll notification is sent to
379 power[1-*]_average when power use
380 rises above this value.
381 Unit: microWatt
382 RW
383
384power[1-*]_average_min A poll notification is sent to
385 power[1-*]_average when power use
386 sinks below this value.
387 Unit: microWatt
388 RW
389
368power[1-*]_input Instantaneous power use 390power[1-*]_input Instantaneous power use
369 Unit: microWatt 391 Unit: microWatt
370 RO 392 RO
@@ -381,6 +403,39 @@ power[1-*]_reset_history Reset input_highest, input_lowest,
381 average_highest and average_lowest. 403 average_highest and average_lowest.
382 WO 404 WO
383 405
406power[1-*]_accuracy Accuracy of the power meter.
407 Unit: Percent
408 RO
409
410power[1-*]_alarm 1 if the system is drawing more power than the
411 cap allows; 0 otherwise. A poll notification is
412 sent to this file when the power use exceeds the
413 cap. This file only appears if the cap is known
414 to be enforced by hardware.
415 RO
416
417power[1-*]_cap If power use rises above this limit, the
418 system should take action to reduce power use.
419 A poll notification is sent to this file if the
420 cap is changed by the hardware. The *_cap
421 files only appear if the cap is known to be
422 enforced by hardware.
423 Unit: microWatt
424 RW
425
426power[1-*]_cap_hyst Margin of hysteresis built around capping and
427 notification.
428 Unit: microWatt
429 RW
430
431power[1-*]_cap_max Maximum cap that can be set.
432 Unit: microWatt
433 RO
434
435power[1-*]_cap_min Minimum cap that can be set.
436 Unit: microWatt
437 RO
438
384********** 439**********
385* Energy * 440* Energy *
386********** 441**********