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author | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2011-05-19 18:51:57 +1000 |
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committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2011-05-19 18:51:57 +1000 |
commit | 12a5a2621b1ee14d32beca35304d7c6076a58815 (patch) | |
tree | 213e13f99de690b3c4a510f504393b63ada626bd /Documentation/hwmon/lm90 | |
parent | e77dc3460fa59be5759e9327ad882868eee9d61b (diff) | |
parent | 61c4f2c81c61f73549928dfd9f3e8f26aa36a8cf (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into next
Conflicts:
include/linux/capability.h
Manually resolve merge conflict w/ thanks to Stephen Rothwell.
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/lm90')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/lm90 | 29 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 index fa475c0a48a..f3efd18e87f 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 @@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d Datasheet: Publicly available at the ON Semiconductor website http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=ADT7461 + * Analog Devices ADT7461A + Prefix: 'adt7461a' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d + Datasheet: Publicly available at the ON Semiconductor website + http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=ADT7461A + * ON Semiconductor NCT1008 + Prefix: 'nct1008' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d + Datasheet: Publicly available at the ON Semiconductor website + http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=NCT1008 * Maxim MAX6646 Prefix: 'max6646' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4d @@ -149,7 +159,7 @@ ADM1032: * ALERT is triggered by open remote sensor. * SMBus PEC support for Write Byte and Receive Byte transactions. -ADT7461: +ADT7461, ADT7461A, NCT1008: * Extended temperature range (breaks compatibility) * Lower resolution for remote temperature @@ -195,9 +205,9 @@ are exported, one for each channel, but these values are of course linked. Only the local hysteresis can be set from user-space, and the same delta applies to the remote hysteresis. -The lm90 driver will not update its values more frequently than every -other second; reading them more often will do no harm, but will return -'old' values. +The lm90 driver will not update its values more frequently than configured with +the update_interval attribute; reading them more often will do no harm, but will +return 'old' values. SMBus Alert Support ------------------- @@ -205,11 +215,12 @@ SMBus Alert Support This driver has basic support for SMBus alert. When an alert is received, the status register is read and the faulty temperature channel is logged. -The Analog Devices chips (ADM1032 and ADT7461) do not implement the SMBus -alert protocol properly so additional care is needed: the ALERT output is -disabled when an alert is received, and is re-enabled only when the alarm -is gone. Otherwise the chip would block alerts from other chips in the bus -as long as the alarm is active. +The Analog Devices chips (ADM1032, ADT7461 and ADT7461A) and ON +Semiconductor chips (NCT1008) do not implement the SMBus alert protocol +properly so additional care is needed: the ALERT output is disabled when +an alert is received, and is re-enabled only when the alarm is gone. +Otherwise the chip would block alerts from other chips in the bus as long +as the alarm is active. PEC Support ----------- |