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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-09 19:53:11 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-09 19:53:11 -0800 |
commit | f71eaf68406cfee91b6a96bcdf7ce33dc78829c5 (patch) | |
tree | 92a1663ae15d521f25849d28ebb4dfad10567892 /Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf | |
parent | 78f1ae193d1662c22cfebb916e788e1ca896c0fe (diff) | |
parent | 54fe4671aa5853ca88da72d67e969a3d8de6dcf6 (diff) |
Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging
* 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: (41 commits)
hwmon: (adt7475) Add VID support for the ADT7476
hwmon: (adt7475) Add an entry in MAINTAINERS
hwmon: (adt7475) Add support for the ADT7476
hwmon: (adt7475) Voltage attenuators can be bypassed
hwmon: (adt7475) Print device information on probe
hwmon: (adt7475) Handle alternative pin functions
hwmon: (adt7475) Move sysfs files removal to a separate function
hwmon: (adt7475) Add support for the ADT7490
hwmon: (adt7475) Improve device detection
hwmon: (adt7475) Add missing static marker
hwmon: (adt7475) Rework voltage inputs handling
hwmon: (adt7475) Implement pwm_use_point2_pwm_at_crit
hwmon: (adt7475) New documentation
hwmon: (adt7475) Add support for the ADT7473
hwmon: (f71882fg) Add support for the f71889fg (version 2)
hwmon: (f71882fg) Fix sysfs file removal
hwmon: (f71882fg) Cleanup sysfs attr creation 2/2
hwmon: (f71882fg) Cleanup sysfs attr creation 1/2
hwmon: (thmc50) Stop using I2C_CLIENT_MODULE_PARM
hwmon: Add Freescale MC13783 ADC driver
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf | 29 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf index 6ee36dbafd6..44dd2bcc72b 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf @@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ Authors: Module Parameters ----------------- -* force_addr: int - Initialize the ISA address of the sensors * force_i2c: int Initialize the I2C address of the sensors * init: int @@ -70,3 +68,30 @@ doesn't help, you may just ignore the bogus VID reading with no harm done. For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver documentation. [1] http://www.lm-sensors.org/browser/lm-sensors/trunk/doc/vid + +Forcing the address +------------------- + +The driver used to have a module parameter named force_addr, which could +be used to force the base I/O address of the hardware monitoring block. +This was meant as a workaround for mainboards with a broken BIOS. This +module parameter is gone for technical reasons. If you need this feature, +you can obtain the same result by using the isaset tool (part of +lm-sensors) before loading the driver: + +# Enter the Super I/O config space +isaset -y -f 0x2e 0x87 +isaset -y -f 0x2e 0x87 + +# Select the hwmon logical device +isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x07 0x0b + +# Set the base I/O address (to 0x290 in this example) +isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x60 0x02 +isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x61 0x90 + +# Exit the Super-I/O config space +isaset -y -f 0x2e 0xaa + +The above sequence assumes a Super-I/O config space at 0x2e/0x2f, but +0x4e/0x4f is also possible. |