From d9b327c310030fa80abbbc9eaaca9f1a6228dbf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 22:17:17 +0100 Subject: hwmon: (it87) Add support for beep on alarm The IT87xxF chips support beeping on alarm, if properly wired and configured. There is one control bit for each input type (temperature, fan, voltage.) Let the user see and change them. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare --- Documentation/hwmon/it87 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 b/Documentation/hwmon/it87 index f9ba96c0ac4a..23b773fa2675 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/it87 @@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ 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. -- cgit v1.2.3