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@@ -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
@@ -103,9 +113,23 @@ Supported chips:
Prefix: 'w83l771'
Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c
Datasheet: Not publicly available, can be requested from Nuvoton
+ * Philips/NXP SA56004X
+ Prefix: 'sa56004'
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 through 0x4F
+ Datasheet: Publicly available at NXP website
+ http://ics.nxp.com/products/interface/datasheet/sa56004x.pdf
+ * GMT G781
+ Prefix: 'g781'
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c, 0x4d
+ Datasheet: Not publicly available from GMT
+ * Texas Instruments TMP451
+ Prefix: 'tmp451'
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c
+ Datasheet: Publicly available at TI website
+ http://www.ti.com/litv/pdf/sbos686
-Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+Author: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
Description
@@ -149,7 +173,7 @@ 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
@@ -183,6 +207,9 @@ W83L771AWG/ASG
* The AWG and ASG variants only differ in package format.
* Diode ideality factor configuration (remote sensor) at 0xE3
+SA56004X:
+ * Better local resolution
+
All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution
is 1.0 degree for the local temperature, 0.125 degree for the remote
temperature, except for the MAX6657, MAX6658 and MAX6659 which have a
@@ -195,9 +222,9 @@ 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 +232,12 @@ 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
-----------