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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-09-18 14:01:26 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-09-18 14:01:39 +0200
commitbfa322c48dc69bfdaee10faf3bd8dbc23b39a21c (patch)
tree95360c5d253115003080264d878f3c0f907f2978 /Documentation/hwmon/max16065
parent88ebc08ea9f721d1345d5414288a308ea42ac458 (diff)
parent003f6c9df54970d8b19578d195b3e2b398cdbde2 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core
Merge reason: We are queueing up a dependent patch. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ can be safely used to identify the chip. You will have to instantiate
the devices explicitly. Please see Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices for
details.
+WARNING: Do not access chip registers using the i2cdump command, and do not use
+any of the i2ctools commands on a command register (0xa5 to 0xac). The chips
+supported by this driver interpret any access to a command register (including
+read commands) as request to execute the command in question. This may result in
+power loss, board resets, and/or Flash corruption. Worst case, your board may
+turn into a brick.
+
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