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author | R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz <R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz> | 2005-05-26 12:42:19 +0000 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-06-21 21:52:02 -0700 |
commit | 7f15b66468b7003d5241e352a007e73be5519b20 (patch) | |
tree | c9333e14baae06a831c8515d9e1e24808826053e /Documentation/i2c/chips/w83l785ts | |
parent | 2bf34a1ca9d570dd4fab4d95c4de82d873ecf718 (diff) |
[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 <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/w83l785ts b/Documentation/i2c/chips/w83l785ts new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1841cedc25b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/w83l785ts @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Kernel driver w83l785ts +======================= + +Supported chips: + * Winbond W83L785TS-S + Prefix: 'w83l785ts' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x2e + Datasheet: Publicly available at the Winbond USA website + http://www.winbond-usa.com/products/winbond_products/pdfs/PCIC/W83L785TS-S.pdf + +Authors: + Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +Description +----------- + +The W83L785TS-S is a digital temperature sensor. It senses the +temperature of a single external diode. The high limit is +theoretically defined as 85 or 100 degrees C through a combination +of external resistors, so the user cannot change it. Values seen so +far suggest that the two possible limits are actually 95 and 110 +degrees C. The datasheet is rather poor and obviously inaccurate +on several points including this one. + +All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution +is 1.0 degree. See the datasheet for details. + +The w83l785ts 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. + +Known Issues +------------ + +On some systems (Asus), the BIOS is known to interfere with the driver +and cause read errors. The driver will retry a given number of times +(5 by default) and then give up, returning the old value (or 0 if +there is no old value). It seems to work well enough so that you should +not notice anything. Thanks to James Bolt for helping test this feature. |