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authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>2012-01-16 22:51:48 +0100
committerJean Delvare <khali@endymion.delvare>2012-01-16 22:51:48 +0100
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hwmon: (it87) Add IT8728F support
Until we get a datasheet for the IT8728F, treat it as fully compatible with the IT8721F, as it seems to work reasonably well. This closes kernel bug #27262. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
index 6f496a586732..23b7def21ba8 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/it87
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Supported chips:
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
* SiS950 [clone of IT8705F]
Prefix: 'it87'
Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ Description
-----------
This driver implements support for the IT8705F, IT8712F, IT8716F,
-IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8721F, IT8726F, IT8758E and SiS950 chips.
+IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8721F, IT8726F, IT8728F, IT8758E and SiS950 chips.
These chips are 'Super I/O chips', supporting floppy disks, infrared ports,
joysticks and other miscellaneous stuff. For hardware monitoring, they
@@ -105,6 +109,9 @@ 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 is considered compatible with the IT8721F, until a datasheet
+becomes available (hopefully.)
+
Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. An alarm is triggered once
when the Overtemperature Shutdown limit is crossed.
@@ -121,8 +128,8 @@ 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. All voltage
inputs can measure voltages between 0 and 4.08 volts, with a resolution of
-0.016 volt (except IT8721F/IT8758E: 0.012 volt.) The battery voltage in8 does
-not have limit registers.
+0.016 volt (except IT8721F/IT8758E and IT8728F: 0.012 volt.) The battery
+voltage in8 does not have limit registers.
On the IT8721F/IT8758E, some voltage inputs are internal and scaled inside
the chip (in7, in8 and optionally in3). The driver handles this transparently