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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 b/Documentation/hwmon/it87 deleted file mode 100644 index fff6f6bf55bc..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,274 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver it87 -================== - -Supported chips: - * IT8603E/IT8623E - Prefix: 'it8603' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8620E - Prefix: 'it8620' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - * IT8628E - Prefix: 'it8628' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8705F - Prefix: 'it87' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Once publicly available at the ITE website, but no longer - * IT8712F - Prefix: 'it8712' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Once publicly available at the ITE website, but no longer - * IT8716F/IT8726F - Prefix: 'it8716' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Once publicly available at the ITE website, but no longer - * IT8718F - Prefix: 'it8718' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Once publicly available at the ITE website, but no longer - * IT8720F - Prefix: 'it8720' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8721F/IT8758E - Prefix: 'it8721' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8728F - Prefix: 'it8728' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8732F - Prefix: 'it8732' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8771E - Prefix: 'it8771' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8772E - Prefix: 'it8772' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8781F - Prefix: 'it8781' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8782F - Prefix: 'it8782' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8783E/F - Prefix: 'it8783' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8786E - Prefix: 'it8786' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * IT8790E - Prefix: 'it8790' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: Not publicly available - * SiS950 [clone of IT8705F] - Prefix: 'it87' - Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports) - Datasheet: No longer be available - -Authors: - Christophe Gauthron - Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - - -Module Parameters ------------------ - -* update_vbat: int - - 0 if vbat should report power on value, 1 if vbat should be updated after - each read. Default is 0. On some boards the battery voltage is provided - by either the battery or the onboard power supply. Only the first reading - at power on will be the actual battery voltage (which the chip does - automatically). On other boards the battery voltage is always fed to - the chip so can be read at any time. Excessive reading may decrease - battery life but no information is given in the datasheet. - -* fix_pwm_polarity int - - Force PWM polarity to active high (DANGEROUS). Some chips are - misconfigured by BIOS - PWM values would be inverted. This option tries - to fix this. Please contact your BIOS manufacturer and ask him for fix. - - -Hardware Interfaces -------------------- - -All the chips supported by this driver are LPC Super-I/O chips, accessed -through the LPC bus (ISA-like I/O ports). The IT8712F additionally has an -SMBus interface to the hardware monitoring functions. This driver no -longer supports this interface though, as it is slower and less reliable -than the ISA access, and was only available on a small number of -motherboard models. - - -Description ------------ - -This driver implements support for the IT8603E, IT8620E, IT8623E, IT8628E, -IT8705F, IT8712F, IT8716F, IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8721F, IT8726F, IT8728F, IT8732F, -IT8758E, IT8771E, IT8772E, IT8781F, IT8782F, IT8783E/F, IT8786E, IT8790E, and -SiS950 chips. - -These chips are 'Super I/O chips', supporting floppy disks, infrared ports, -joysticks and other miscellaneous stuff. For hardware monitoring, they -include an 'environment controller' with 3 temperature sensors, 3 fan -rotation speed sensors, 8 voltage sensors, associated alarms, and chassis -intrusion detection. - -The IT8712F and IT8716F additionally feature VID inputs, used to report -the Vcore voltage of the processor. The early IT8712F have 5 VID pins, -the IT8716F and late IT8712F have 6. They are shared with other functions -though, so the functionality may not be available on a given system. - -The IT8718F and IT8720F also features VID inputs (up to 8 pins) but the value -is stored in the Super-I/O configuration space. Due to technical limitations, -this value can currently only be read once at initialization time, so -the driver won't notice and report changes in the VID value. The two -upper VID bits share their pins with voltage inputs (in5 and in6) so you -can't have both on a given board. - -The IT8716F, IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8721F/IT8758E and later IT8712F revisions -have support for 2 additional fans. The additional fans are supported by the -driver. - -The IT8716F, IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8721F/IT8758E, IT8732F, IT8781F, IT8782F, -IT8783E/F, and late IT8712F and IT8705F also have optional 16-bit tachometer -counters for fans 1 to 3. This is better (no more fan clock divider mess) but -not compatible with the older chips and revisions. The 16-bit tachometer mode -is enabled by the driver when one of the above chips is detected. - -The IT8726F is just bit enhanced IT8716F with additional hardware -for AMD power sequencing. Therefore the chip will appear as IT8716F -to userspace applications. - -The IT8728F, IT8771E, and IT8772E are considered compatible with the IT8721F, -until a datasheet becomes available (hopefully.) - -The IT8603E/IT8623E is a custom design, hardware monitoring part is similar to -IT8728F. It only supports 3 fans, 16-bit fan mode, and the full speed mode -of the fan is not supported (value 0 of pwmX_enable). - -The IT8620E and IT8628E are custom designs, hardware monitoring part is similar -to IT8728F. It only supports 16-bit fan mode. Both chips support up to 6 fans. - -The IT8790E supports up to 3 fans. 16-bit fan mode is always enabled. - -The IT8732F supports a closed-loop mode for fan control, but this is not -currently implemented by the driver. - -Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. An alarm is triggered once -when the Overtemperature Shutdown limit is crossed. - -Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is -triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. When -16-bit tachometer counters aren't used, fan readings can be divided by -a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give the readings more range or -accuracy. With a divider of 2, the lowest representable value is around -2600 RPM. Not all RPM values can accurately be represented, so some rounding -is done. - -Voltage sensors (also known as IN sensors) report their values in volts. An -alarm is triggered if the voltage has crossed a programmable minimum or -maximum limit. Note that minimum in this case always means 'closest to -zero'; this is important for negative voltage measurements. On most chips, all -voltage inputs can measure voltages between 0 and 4.08 volts, with a resolution -of 0.016 volt. IT8603E, IT8721F/IT8758E and IT8728F can measure between 0 and -3.06 volts, with a resolution of 0.012 volt. IT8732F can measure between 0 and -2.8 volts with a resolution of 0.0109 volt. The battery voltage in8 does not -have limit registers. - -On the IT8603E, IT8620E, IT8628E, IT8721F/IT8758E, IT8732F, IT8781F, IT8782F, -and IT8783E/F, some voltage inputs are internal and scaled inside the chip: -* in3 (optional) -* in7 (optional for IT8781F, IT8782F, and IT8783E/F) -* in8 (always) -* in9 (relevant for IT8603E only) -The driver handles this transparently so user-space doesn't have to care. - -The VID lines (IT8712F/IT8716F/IT8718F/IT8720F) encode the core voltage value: -the voltage level your processor should work with. This is hardcoded by -the mainboard and/or processor itself. It is a value in volts. - -If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register -is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may already -have disappeared! Note that in the current implementation, all hardware -registers are read whenever any data is read (unless it is less than 1.5 -seconds since the last update). This means that you can easily miss -once-only alarms. - -Out-of-limit readings can also result in beeping, if the chip is properly -wired and configured. Beeping can be enabled or disabled per sensor type -(temperatures, voltages and fans.) - -The IT87xx only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often -will do no harm, but will return 'old' values. - -To change sensor N to a thermistor, 'echo 4 > tempN_type' where N is 1, 2, -or 3. To change sensor N to a thermal diode, 'echo 3 > tempN_type'. -Give 0 for unused sensor. Any other value is invalid. To configure this at -startup, consult lm_sensors's /etc/sensors.conf. (4 = thermistor; -3 = thermal diode) - - -Fan speed control ------------------ - -The fan speed control features are limited to manual PWM mode. Automatic -"Smart Guardian" mode control handling is only implemented for older chips -(see below.) However if you want to go for "manual mode" just write 1 to -pwmN_enable. - -If you are only able to control the fan speed with very small PWM values, -try lowering the PWM base frequency (pwm1_freq). Depending on the fan, -it may give you a somewhat greater control range. The same frequency is -used to drive all fan outputs, which is why pwm2_freq and pwm3_freq are -read-only. - - -Automatic fan speed control (old interface) -------------------------------------------- - -The driver supports the old interface to automatic fan speed control -which is implemented by IT8705F chips up to revision F and IT8712F -chips up to revision G. - -This interface implements 4 temperature vs. PWM output trip points. -The PWM output of trip point 4 is always the maximum value (fan running -at full speed) while the PWM output of the other 3 trip points can be -freely chosen. The temperature of all 4 trip points can be freely chosen. -Additionally, trip point 1 has an hysteresis temperature attached, to -prevent fast switching between fan on and off. - -The chip automatically computes the PWM output value based on the input -temperature, based on this simple rule: if the temperature value is -between trip point N and trip point N+1 then the PWM output value is -the one of trip point N. The automatic control mode is less flexible -than the manual control mode, but it reacts faster, is more robust and -doesn't use CPU cycles. - -Trip points must be set properly before switching to automatic fan speed -control mode. The driver will perform basic integrity checks before -actually switching to automatic control mode. - - -Temperature offset attributes ------------------------------ - -The driver supports temp[1-3]_offset sysfs attributes to adjust the reported -temperature for thermal diodes or diode-connected thermal transistors. -If a temperature sensor is configured for thermistors, the attribute values -are ignored. If the thermal sensor type is Intel PECI, the temperature offset -must be programmed to the critical CPU temperature. |