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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/abituguru | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/abituguru3 | 65 |
2 files changed, 83 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru index b2c0d61b39a..87ffa0f5ec7 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Kernel driver abituguru ======================= Supported chips: - * Abit uGuru revision 1-3 (Hardware Monitor part only) + * Abit uGuru revision 1 & 2 (Hardware Monitor part only) Prefix: 'abituguru' Addresses scanned: ISA 0x0E0 Datasheet: Not available, this driver is based on reverse engineering. @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Supported chips: uGuru 2.1.0.0 ~ 2.1.2.8 (AS8, AV8, AA8, AG8, AA8XE, AX8) uGuru 2.2.0.0 ~ 2.2.0.6 (AA8 Fatal1ty) uGuru 2.3.0.0 ~ 2.3.0.9 (AN8) - uGuru 3.0.0.0 ~ 3.0.1.2 (AW8, AL8, NI8) - uGuru 4.xxxxx? (AT8 32X) (2) + uGuru 3.0.0.0 ~ 3.0.x.x (AW8, AL8, AT8, NI8 SLI, AT8 32X, AN8 32X, + AW9D-MAX) (2) 1) For revisions 2 and 3 uGuru's the driver can autodetect the sensortype (Volt or Temp) for bank1 sensors, for revision 1 uGuru's this doesnot always work. For these uGuru's the autodection can @@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ Supported chips: bank1_types=1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,1 You may also need to specify the fan_sensors option for these boards fan_sensors=5 - 2) The current version of the abituguru driver is known to NOT work - on these Motherboards + 2) There is a seperate abituguru3 driver for these motherboards, + the abituguru (without the 3 !) driver will not work on these + motherboards (and visa versa)! Authors: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>, @@ -43,8 +44,10 @@ Module Parameters ----------------- * force: bool Force detection. Note this parameter only causes the - detection to be skipped, if the uGuru can't be read - the module initialization (insmod) will still fail. + detection to be skipped, and thus the insmod to + succeed. If the uGuru can't be read the actual hwmon + driver will not load and thus no hwmon device will get + registered. * bank1_types: int[] Bank1 sensortype autodetection override: -1 autodetect (default) 0 volt sensor @@ -69,13 +72,15 @@ dmesg | grep abituguru Description ----------- -This driver supports the hardware monitoring features of the Abit uGuru chip -found on Abit uGuru featuring motherboards (most modern Abit motherboards). +This driver supports the hardware monitoring features of the first and +second revision of the Abit uGuru chip found on Abit uGuru featuring +motherboards (most modern Abit motherboards). -The uGuru chip in reality is a Winbond W83L950D in disguise (despite Abit -claiming it is "a new microprocessor designed by the ABIT Engineers"). -Unfortunatly this doesn't help since the W83L950D is a generic -microcontroller with a custom Abit application running on it. +The first and second revision of the uGuru chip in reality is a Winbond +W83L950D in disguise (despite Abit claiming it is "a new microprocessor +designed by the ABIT Engineers"). Unfortunatly this doesn't help since the +W83L950D is a generic microcontroller with a custom Abit application running +on it. Despite Abit not releasing any information regarding the uGuru, Olle Sandberg <ollebull@gmail.com> has managed to reverse engineer the sensor part diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru3 b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fa598aac22f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru3 @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +Kernel driver abituguru3 +======================== + +Supported chips: + * Abit uGuru revision 3 (Hardware Monitor part, reading only) + Prefix: 'abituguru3' + Addresses scanned: ISA 0x0E0 + Datasheet: Not available, this driver is based on reverse engineering. + Note: + The uGuru is a microcontroller with onboard firmware which programs + it to behave as a hwmon IC. There are many different revisions of the + firmware and thus effectivly many different revisions of the uGuru. + Below is an incomplete list with which revisions are used for which + Motherboards: + uGuru 1.00 ~ 1.24 (AI7, KV8-MAX3, AN7) + uGuru 2.0.0.0 ~ 2.0.4.2 (KV8-PRO) + uGuru 2.1.0.0 ~ 2.1.2.8 (AS8, AV8, AA8, AG8, AA8XE, AX8) + uGuru 2.3.0.0 ~ 2.3.0.9 (AN8) + uGuru 3.0.0.0 ~ 3.0.x.x (AW8, AL8, AT8, NI8 SLI, AT8 32X, AN8 32X, + AW9D-MAX) + The abituguru3 driver is only for revison 3.0.x.x motherboards, + this driver will not work on older motherboards. For older + motherboards use the abituguru (without the 3 !) driver. + +Authors: + Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>, + (Initial reverse engineering done by Louis Kruger) + + +Module Parameters +----------------- + +* force: bool Force detection. Note this parameter only causes the + detection to be skipped, and thus the insmod to + succeed. If the uGuru can't be read the actual hwmon + driver will not load and thus no hwmon device will get + registered. +* verbose: bool Should the driver be verbose? + 0/off/false normal output + 1/on/true + verbose error reporting (default) + Default: 1 (the driver is still in the testing phase) + +Description +----------- + +This driver supports the hardware monitoring features of the third revision of +the Abit uGuru chip, found on recent Abit uGuru featuring motherboards. + +The 3rd revision of the uGuru chip in reality is a Winbond W83L951G. +Unfortunatly this doesn't help since the W83L951G is a generic microcontroller +with a custom Abit application running on it. + +Despite Abit not releasing any information regarding the uGuru revision 3, +Louis Kruger has managed to reverse engineer the sensor part of the uGuru. +Without his work this driver would not have been possible. + +Known Issues +------------ + +The voltage and frequency control parts of the Abit uGuru are not supported, +neither is writing any of the sensor settings and writing / reading the +fanspeed control registers (FanEQ) + +If you encounter any problems please mail me <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl> and +include the output of: "dmesg | grep abituguru" |