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authorGuenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>2011-02-02 19:46:49 +0300
committerGuenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>2011-03-15 08:39:17 +0300
commitec3e5a16446fef1891611fe3bdfa5954d1ddf5e4 (patch)
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parentb84bb5186297d181075d917e9049da3a3b78d10d (diff)
downloadlinux-ec3e5a16446fef1891611fe3bdfa5954d1ddf5e4.tar.xz
hwmon: (w83627ehf) Add support for Nuvoton NCT6775F and NCT6776F
This patch adds support for NCT6775F and NCT6776F to the w83627ehf driver. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Tested-by: Ian Dobson <i.dobson@planet-ian.com> (NCT6776F) Tested-by: Zachary Marzec <zmarzec@gmail.com> (ASUS P8P67 PRO/NCT6776F) Acked-by: Ian Dobson <i.dobson@planet-ian.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
index b634e980dc6d..76ffef94ed75 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ Supported chips:
Prefix: 'w83667hg'
Addresses scanned: ISA address retrieved from Super I/O registers
Datasheet: Available from Nuvoton upon request
+ * Nuvoton NCT6775F/W83667HG-I
+ Prefix: 'nct6775'
+ Addresses scanned: ISA address retrieved from Super I/O registers
+ Datasheet: Available from Nuvoton upon request
+ * Nuvoton NCT6776F
+ Prefix: 'nct6776'
+ Addresses scanned: ISA address retrieved from Super I/O registers
+ Datasheet: Available from Nuvoton upon request
Authors:
Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
@@ -34,24 +42,28 @@ Description
-----------
This driver implements support for the Winbond W83627EHF, W83627EHG,
-W83627DHG, W83627DHG-P, W83667HG and W83667HG-B super I/O chips.
-We will refer to them collectively as Winbond chips.
-
-The chips implement three temperature sensors (up to four for 667HG-B),
-five fan rotation speed sensors, ten analog voltage sensors (only nine for the
-627DHG), one VID (6 pins for the 627EHF/EHG, 8 pins for the 627DHG and 667HG),
-alarms with beep warnings (control unimplemented), and some automatic fan
-regulation strategies (plus manual fan control mode).
-
-The temperature sensor sources on W82677HG-B are configurable. temp4 is only
-reported if its temperature source differs from the temperature sources of the
-other three temperature sensors. The configured source for each of the
-temperature sensors is reported in tempX_label.
+W83627DHG, W83627DHG-P, W83667HG, W83667HG-B, W83667HG-I (NCT6775F),
+and NCT6776F super I/O chips. We will refer to them collectively as
+Winbond chips.
+
+The chips implement three temperature sensors (up to four for 667HG-B, and nine
+for NCT6775F and NCT6776F), five fan rotation speed sensors, ten analog voltage
+sensors (only nine for the 627DHG), one VID (6 pins for the 627EHF/EHG, 8 pins
+for the 627DHG and 667HG), alarms with beep warnings (control unimplemented),
+and some automatic fan regulation strategies (plus manual fan control mode).
+
+The temperature sensor sources on W82677HG-B, NCT6775F, and NCT6776F are
+configurable. temp4 and higher attributes are only reported if its temperature
+source differs from the temperature sources of the already reported temperature
+sensors. The configured source for each of the temperature sensors is provided
+in tempX_label.
Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius and measurement resolution is 1
-degC for temp1 and temp4, and 0.5 degC for temp2 and temp3. An alarm is
-triggered when the temperature gets higher than high limit; it stays on until
-the temperature falls below the hysteresis value.
+degC for temp1 and and 0.5 degC for temp2 and temp3. For temp4 and higher,
+resolution is 1 degC for W83667HG-B and 0.0 degC for NCT6775F and NCT6776F.
+An alarm is triggered when the temperature gets higher than high limit;
+it stays on until the temperature falls below the hysteresis value.
+Alarms are only supported for temp1, temp2, and temp3.
Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is
triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. Fan
@@ -83,7 +95,8 @@ prog -> pwm4 (not on 667HG and 667HG-B; the programmable setting is not
name - this is a standard hwmon device entry. For the W83627EHF and W83627EHG,
it is set to "w83627ehf", for the W83627DHG it is set to "w83627dhg",
- and for the W83667HG it is set to "w83667hg".
+ for the W83667HG and W83667HG-B it is set to "w83667hg", for NCT6775F it
+ is set to "nct6775", and for NCT6776F it is set to "nct6776".
pwm[1-4] - this file stores PWM duty cycle or DC value (fan speed) in range:
0 (stop) to 255 (full)
@@ -93,6 +106,18 @@ pwm[1-4]_enable - this file controls mode of fan/temperature control:
* 2 "Thermal Cruise" mode
* 3 "Fan Speed Cruise" mode
* 4 "Smart Fan III" mode
+ * 5 "Smart Fan IV" mode
+
+ SmartFan III mode is not supported on NCT6776F.
+
+ SmartFan IV mode is configurable only if it was configured at system
+ startup, and is only supported for W83677HG-B, NCT6775F, and NCT6776F.
+ SmartFan IV operational parameters can not be configured at this time,
+ and the various pwm attributes are not used in SmartFan IV mode.
+ The attributes can be written to, which is useful if you plan to
+ configure the system for a different pwm mode. However, the information
+ returned when reading pwm attributes is unrelated to SmartFan IV
+ operation.
pwm[1-4]_mode - controls if output is PWM or DC level
* 0 DC output (0 - 12v)