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| author | Per Dalén <per.dalen@appeartv.com> | 2011-04-06 20:29:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> | 2011-05-19 08:19:32 -0700 |
| commit | 83bffbce745795572d20f0109395cb61690c6dcf (patch) | |
| tree | 1b57eaf9363e5dee1354c385372e50be3a11472a /Documentation/hwmon | |
| parent | 61c4f2c81c61f73549928dfd9f3e8f26aa36a8cf (diff) | |
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hwmon: Add support for MAX6642
MAX6642 is a SMBus-Compatible Remote/Local Temperature Sensor with
Overtemperature Alarm from Maxim.
Signed-off-by: Per Dalen <per.dalen@appeartv.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max6642 b/Documentation/hwmon/max6642 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..afbd3e4942e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max6642 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Kernel driver max6642 +===================== + +Supported chips: + * Maxim MAX6642 + Prefix: 'max6642' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48-0x4f + Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website + http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6642.pdf + +Authors: + Per Dalen <per.dalen@appeartv.com> + +Description +----------- + +The MAX6642 is a digital temperature sensor. It senses its own temperature as +well as the temperature on one external diode. + +All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution +is 0.25 degree for the local temperature and for the remote temperature. |