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| author | Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz> | 2007-02-03 02:00:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> | 2007-02-03 02:00:19 +0100 |
| commit | ec24bb2547fce7ad59e316327c47daa62faf6b31 (patch) | |
| tree | 1477135c8006ceff6c9afb7a29df67fe0948f4dc | |
| parent | dcbbf89b17a9cdbaec1de94c36cb19e7c6588213 (diff) | |
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k8temp: Documentation update
Update the documentation for the k8temp driver.
Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/k8temp | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/Kconfig | 6 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp b/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp index bab445ab0f52..30d123b8d920 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Kernel driver k8temp ==================== Supported chips: - * AMD K8 CPU + * AMD Athlon64/FX or Opteron CPUs Prefix: 'k8temp' Addresses scanned: PCI space Datasheet: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/32559.pdf @@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ Contact: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Description ----------- -This driver permits reading temperature sensor(s) embedded inside AMD K8 CPUs. -Official documentation says that it works from revision F of K8 core, but -in fact it seems to be implemented for all revisions of K8 except the first -two revisions (SH-B0 and SH-B3). +This driver permits reading temperature sensor(s) embedded inside AMD K8 +family CPUs (Athlon64/FX, Opteron). Official documentation says that it works +from revision F of K8 core, but in fact it seems to be implemented for all +revisions of K8 except the first two revisions (SH-B0 and SH-B3). + +Please note that you will need at least lm-sensors 2.10.1 for proper userspace +support. There can be up to four temperature sensors inside single CPU. The driver will auto-detect the sensors and will display only temperatures from diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 8079b826896c..3d2b118833a9 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -1467,6 +1467,12 @@ W: http://jfs.sourceforge.net/ T: git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6.git S: Supported +K8TEMP HARDWARE MONITORING DRIVER +P: Rudolf Marek +M: r.marek@assembler.cz +L: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org +S: Maintained + KCONFIG P: Roman Zippel M: zippel@linux-m68k.org diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig index 9ef72c7c004c..428fdd0e5517 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig @@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ config SENSORS_ADM9240 will be called adm9240. config SENSORS_K8TEMP - tristate "AMD K8 processor sensor" + tristate "AMD Athlon64/FX or Opteron temperature sensor" depends on HWMON && X86 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL help If you say yes here you get support for the temperature - sensor(s) inside your AMD K8 CPU. + sensor(s) inside your CPU. Supported is whole AMD K8 + microarchitecture. Please note that you will need at least + lm-sensors 2.10.1 for proper userspace support. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called k8temp. |