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1 | Kernel driver adt7462 |
2 | ====================== | |
3 | ||
4 | Supported chips: | |
5 | * Analog Devices ADT7462 | |
6 | Prefix: 'adt7462' | |
7 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x58, 0x5C | |
8 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Analog Devices website | |
9 | ||
10 | Author: Darrick J. Wong | |
11 | ||
12 | Description | |
13 | ----------- | |
14 | ||
15 | This driver implements support for the Analog Devices ADT7462 chip family. | |
16 | ||
17 | This chip is a bit of a beast. It has 8 counters for measuring fan speed. It | |
18 | can also measure 13 voltages or 4 temperatures, or various combinations of the | |
19 | two. See the chip documentation for more details about the exact set of | |
20 | configurations. This driver does not allow one to configure the chip; that is | |
21 | left to the system designer. | |
22 | ||
23 | A sophisticated control system for the PWM outputs is designed into the ADT7462 | |
24 | that allows fan speed to be adjusted automatically based on any of the three | |
25 | temperature sensors. Each PWM output is individually adjustable and | |
26 | programmable. Once configured, the ADT7462 will adjust the PWM outputs in | |
27 | response to the measured temperatures without further host intervention. This | |
28 | feature can also be disabled for manual control of the PWM's. | |
29 | ||
30 | Each of the measured inputs (voltage, temperature, fan speed) has | |
31 | corresponding high/low limit values. The ADT7462 will signal an ALARM if | |
32 | any measured value exceeds either limit. | |
33 | ||
34 | The ADT7462 samples all inputs continuously. The driver will not read | |
35 | the registers more often than once every other second. Further, | |
36 | configuration data is only read once per minute. | |
37 | ||
38 | Special Features | |
39 | ---------------- | |
40 | ||
41 | The ADT7462 have a 10-bit ADC and can therefore measure temperatures | |
42 | with 0.25 degC resolution. | |
43 | ||
44 | The Analog Devices datasheet is very detailed and describes a procedure for | |
45 | determining an optimal configuration for the automatic PWM control. | |
46 | ||
47 | The driver will report sensor labels when it is able to determine that | |
48 | information from the configuration registers. | |
49 | ||
50 | Configuration Notes | |
51 | ------------------- | |
52 | ||
53 | Besides standard interfaces driver adds the following: | |
54 | ||
55 | * PWM Control | |
56 | ||
57 | * pwm#_auto_point1_pwm and temp#_auto_point1_temp and | |
58 | * pwm#_auto_point2_pwm and temp#_auto_point2_temp - | |
59 | ||
60 | point1: Set the pwm speed at a lower temperature bound. | |
61 | point2: Set the pwm speed at a higher temperature bound. | |
62 | ||
63 | The ADT7462 will scale the pwm between the lower and higher pwm speed when | |
64 | the temperature is between the two temperature boundaries. PWM values range | |
65 | from 0 (off) to 255 (full speed). Fan speed will be set to maximum when the | |
66 | temperature sensor associated with the PWM control exceeds temp#_max. | |
67 |