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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/Kconfig | 3 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 index 03d02bfb3df..02ad96cf9b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1021 @@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ Supported chips: Prefix: 'gl523sm' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1a, 0x29 - 0x2b, 0x4c - 0x4e Datasheet: - * Intel Xeon Processor - Prefix: - any other - may require 'force_adm1021' parameter - Addresses scanned: none - Datasheet: Publicly available at Intel website * Maxim MAX1617 Prefix: 'max1617' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1a, 0x29 - 0x2b, 0x4c - 0x4e @@ -91,21 +87,27 @@ will do no harm, but will return 'old' values. It is possible to make ADM1021-clones do faster measurements, but there is really no good reason for that. -Xeon support ------------- -Some Xeon processors have real max1617, adm1021, or compatible chips -within them, with two temperature sensors. +Netburst-based Xeon support +--------------------------- -Other Xeons have chips with only one sensor. +Some Xeon processors based on the Netburst (early Pentium 4, from 2001 to +2003) microarchitecture had real MAX1617, ADM1021, or compatible chips +within them, with two temperature sensors. Other Xeon processors of this +era (with 400 MHz FSB) had chips with only one temperature sensor. -If you have a Xeon, and the adm1021 module loads, and both temperatures -appear valid, then things are good. +If you have such an old Xeon, and you get two valid temperatures when +loading the adm1021 module, then things are good. -If the adm1021 module doesn't load, you should try this: - modprobe adm1021 force_adm1021=BUS,ADDRESS - ADDRESS can only be 0x18, 0x1a, 0x29, 0x2b, 0x4c, or 0x4e. +If nothing happens when loading the adm1021 module, and you are certain +that your specific Xeon processor model includes compatible sensors, you +will have to explicitly instantiate the sensor chips from user-space. See +method 4 in Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices. Possible slave +addresses are 0x18, 0x1a, 0x29, 0x2b, 0x4c, or 0x4e. It is likely that +only temp2 will be correct and temp1 will have to be ignored. -If you have dual Xeons you may have appear to have two separate -adm1021-compatible chips, or two single-temperature sensors, at distinct -addresses. +Previous generations of the Xeon processor (based on Pentium II/III) +didn't have these sensors. Next generations of Xeon processors (533 MHz +FSB and faster) lost them, until the Core-based generation which +introduced integrated digital thermal sensors. These are supported by +the coretemp driver. diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig index 92d02512bcd..50e40dbd8bb 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig @@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ config SENSORS_ADM1021 help If you say yes here you get support for Analog Devices ADM1021 and ADM1023 sensor chips and clones: Maxim MAX1617 and MAX1617A, - Genesys Logic GL523SM, National Semiconductor LM84, TI THMC10, - and the XEON processor built-in sensor. + Genesys Logic GL523SM, National Semiconductor LM84 and TI THMC10. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called adm1021. |