From 7f15b66468b7003d5241e352a007e73be5519b20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz" Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:42:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] I2C: documentation update 2/3 This patch adds missing documentation for system health monitoring chips. I would like to thank all people, who helped me with this project. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 (limited to 'Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619') diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d6f8d9cd7d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Kernel driver max1619 +===================== + +Supported chips: + * Maxim MAX1619 + Prefix: 'max1619' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18-0x1a, 0x29-0x2b, 0x4c-0x4e + Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website + http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX1619.pdf + +Authors: + Alexey Fisher , + Jean Delvare + +Description +----------- + +The MAX1619 is a digital temperature sensor. It senses its own temperature as +well as the temperature of up to one external diode. + +All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution +is 1.0 degree for the local temperature and for the remote temperature. + +Only the external sensor has high and low limits. + +The max1619 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. + -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2