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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-21 10:37:25 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-21 10:37:25 -0700
commit31f6765266417c0d99f0e922fe82848a7c9c2ae9 (patch)
tree2d5914dac0a918baad37decd3845b8c206051420 /Documentation/hwmon/sch5627
parentd15d76448bb58c7832e954b6a8f1e301720b7866 (diff)
parent312869ec935ab3bb67b7ba641a7d11230555aff5 (diff)
Merge tag 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging
Pull hwmon changes for v3.4 from Guenter Roeck: "Mostly cleanup. No new drivers this time around, but support for several chips added to existing drivers: TPS40400, TPS40422, MTD040, MAX34446, ZL9101M, ZL9117M, and LM96080. Also, added watchdog support for SCH56xx, and additional attributes for a couple of drivers." * tag 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging: (137 commits) hwmon: (sch56xx) Add support for the integrated watchdog (v2) hwmon: (w83627ehf) Add support for temperature offset registers hwmon: (jc42) Remove unnecessary device IDs hwmon: (zl6100) Add support for ZL9101M and ZL9117M hwmon: (adm1275) Add support for ADM1075 hwmon: (max34440) Add support for MAX34446 hwmon: (pmbus) Add more virtual registers hwmon: (pmbus) Add support for Lineage Power MDT040 hwmon: (pmbus) Add support for TI TPS40400 and TPS40422 hwmon: (max34440) Add support for 'lowest' output voltage attribute hwmon: (jc42) Convert to use devm_kzalloc hwmon: (max16065) Convert to use devm_kzalloc hwmon: (smm665) Convert to use devm_kzalloc hwmon: (ltc4261) Convert to use devm_kzalloc hwmon: (pmbus) Simplify remove functions hwmon: (pmbus) Convert pmbus drivers to use devm_kzalloc hwmon: (lineage-pem) Convert to use devm_kzalloc hwmon: (hwmon-vid) Fix checkpatch issues hwmon: (hwmon-vid) Add new entries to VRM model table hwmon: (lm80) Add detection of NatSemi/TI LM96080 ...
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@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Description
SMSC SCH5627 Super I/O chips include complete hardware monitoring
capabilities. They can monitor up to 5 voltages, 4 fans and 8 temperatures.
+The SMSC SCH5627 hardware monitoring part also contains an integrated
+watchdog. In order for this watchdog to function some motherboard specific
+initialization most be done by the BIOS, so if the watchdog is not enabled
+by the BIOS the sch5627 driver will not register a watchdog device.
+
The hardware monitoring part of the SMSC SCH5627 is accessed by talking
through an embedded microcontroller. An application note describing the
protocol for communicating with the microcontroller is available upon