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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/adt7470')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470 b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470 index 75d13ca147cc..8ce4aa0a0f55 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470 @@ -31,15 +31,11 @@ Each of the measured inputs (temperature, fan speed) has corresponding high/low limit values. The ADT7470 will signal an ALARM if any measured value exceeds either limit. -The ADT7470 DOES NOT sample all inputs continuously. A single pin on the -ADT7470 is connected to a multitude of thermal diodes, but the chip must be -instructed explicitly to read the multitude of diodes. If you want to use -automatic fan control mode, you must manually read any of the temperature -sensors or the fan control algorithm will not run. The chip WILL NOT DO THIS -AUTOMATICALLY; this must be done from userspace. This may be a bug in the chip -design, given that many other AD chips take care of this. The driver will not -read the registers more often than once every 5 seconds. Further, -configuration data is only read once per minute. +The ADT7470 samples all inputs continuously. A kernel thread is started up for +the purpose of periodically querying the temperature sensors, thus allowing the +automatic fan pwm control to set the fan speed. The driver will not read the +registers more often than once every 5 seconds. Further, configuration data is +only read once per minute. Special Features ---------------- @@ -72,5 +68,6 @@ pwm#_auto_point2_temp. Notes ----- -As stated above, the temperature inputs must be read periodically from -userspace in order for the automatic pwm algorithm to run. +The temperature inputs no longer need to be read periodically from userspace in +order for the automatic pwm algorithm to run. This was the case for earlier +versions of the driver. |