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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+Kernel driver nzxt-kraken3
+==========================
+
+Supported devices:
+
+* NZXT Kraken X53
+* NZXT Kraken X63
+* NZXT Kraken X73
+* NZXT Kraken Z53
+* NZXT Kraken Z63
+* NZXT Kraken Z73
+
+Author: Jonas Malaco, Aleksa Savic
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This driver enables hardware monitoring support for NZXT Kraken X53/X63/X73 and
+Z53/Z63/Z73 all-in-one CPU liquid coolers. All models expose liquid temperature
+and pump speed (in RPM), as well as PWM control (either as a fixed value
+or through a temp-PWM curve). The Z-series models additionally expose the speed
+and duty of an optionally connected fan, with the same PWM control capabilities.
+
+Pump and fan duty control mode can be set through pwm[1-2]_enable, where 1 is
+for the manual control mode and 2 is for the liquid temp to PWM curve mode.
+Writing a 0 disables control of the channel through the driver after setting its
+duty to 100%.
+
+The temperature of the curves relates to the fixed [20-59] range, correlating to
+the detected liquid temperature. Only PWM values (ranging from 0-255) can be set.
+If in curve mode, setting point values should be done in moderation - the devices
+require complete curves to be sent for each change; they can lock up or discard
+the changes if they are too numerous at once. Suggestion is to set them while
+in an another mode, and then apply them by switching to curve.
+
+The devices can report if they are faulty. The driver supports that situation
+and will issue a warning. This can also happen when the USB cable is connected,
+but SATA power is not.
+
+The addressable RGB LEDs and LCD screen (only on Z-series models) are not
+supported in this driver, but can be controlled through existing userspace tools,
+such as `liquidctl`_.
+
+.. _liquidctl: https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl
+
+Usage Notes
+-----------
+
+As these are USB HIDs, the driver can be loaded automatically by the kernel and
+supports hot swapping.
+
+Possible pwm_enable values are:
+
+====== ==========================================================================
+0 Set fan to 100%
+1 Direct PWM mode (applies value in corresponding PWM entry)
+2 Curve control mode (applies the temp-PWM duty curve based on coolant temp)
+====== ==========================================================================
+
+Sysfs entries
+-------------
+
+============================== ================================================================
+fan1_input Pump speed (in rpm)
+fan2_input Fan speed (in rpm)
+temp1_input Coolant temperature (in millidegrees Celsius)
+pwm1 Pump duty (value between 0-255)
+pwm1_enable Pump duty control mode (0: disabled, 1: manual, 2: curve)
+pwm2 Fan duty (value between 0-255)
+pwm2_enable Fan duty control mode (0: disabled, 1: manual, 2: curve)
+temp[1-2]_auto_point[1-40]_pwm Temp-PWM duty curves (for pump and fan), related to coolant temp
+============================== ================================================================