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1 Kernel driver amc6821
2 =====================
4 Supported chips:
5         Texas Instruments AMC6821
6         Prefix: 'amc6821'
7         Addresses scanned: 0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e
8         Datasheet: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/amc6821.html
10 Authors:
11         Tomaz Mertelj <tomaz.mertelj@guest.arnes.si>
14 Description
15 -----------
17 This driver implements support for the Texas Instruments amc6821 chip.
18 The chip has one on-chip and one remote temperature sensor and one pwm fan
19 regulator.
20 The pwm can be controlled either from software or automatically.
22 The driver provides the following sensor accesses in sysfs:
24 temp1_input             ro      on-chip temperature
25 temp1_min               rw      "
26 temp1_max               rw      "
27 temp1_crit              rw      "
28 temp1_min_alarm         ro      "
29 temp1_max_alarm         ro      "
30 temp1_crit_alarm        ro      "
32 temp2_input             ro      remote temperature
33 temp2_min               rw      "
34 temp2_max               rw      "
35 temp2_crit              rw      "
36 temp2_min_alarm         ro      "
37 temp2_max_alarm         ro      "
38 temp2_crit_alarm        ro      "
39 temp2_fault             ro      "
41 fan1_input              ro      tachometer speed
42 fan1_min                rw      "
43 fan1_max                rw      "
44 fan1_fault              ro      "
45 fan1_div                rw      Fan divisor can be either 2 or 4.
47 pwm1                    rw      pwm1
48 pwm1_enable             rw      regulator mode, 1=open loop, 2=fan controlled
49                                 by remote temperature, 3=fan controlled by
50                                 combination of the on-chip temperature and
51                                 remote-sensor temperature,
52 pwm1_auto_channels_temp ro      1 if pwm_enable==2, 3 if pwm_enable==3
53 pwm1_auto_point1_pwm    ro      Hardwired to 0, shared for both
54                                 temperature channels.
55 pwm1_auto_point2_pwm    rw      This value is shared for both temperature
56                                 channels.
57 pwm1_auto_point3_pwm    rw      Hardwired to 255, shared for both
58                                 temperature channels.
60 temp1_auto_point1_temp  ro      Hardwired to temp2_auto_point1_temp
61                                 which is rw. Below this temperature fan stops.
62 temp1_auto_point2_temp  rw      The low-temperature limit of the proportional
63                                 range. Below this temperature
64                                 pwm1 = pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. It can go from
65                                 0 degree C to 124 degree C in steps of
66                                 4 degree C. Read it out after writing to get
67                                 the actual value.
68 temp1_auto_point3_temp  rw      Above this temperature fan runs at maximum
69                                 speed. It can go from temp1_auto_point2_temp.
70                                 It can only have certain discrete values
71                                 which depend on temp1_auto_point2_temp and
72                                 pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. Read it out after
73                                 writing to get the actual value.
75 temp2_auto_point1_temp  rw      Must be between 0 degree C and 63 degree C and
76                                 it defines the passive cooling temperature.
77                                 Below this temperature the fan stops in
78                                 the closed loop mode.
79 temp2_auto_point2_temp  rw      The low-temperature limit of the proportional
80                                 range. Below this temperature
81                                 pwm1 = pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. It can go from
82                                 0 degree C to 124 degree C in steps
83                                 of 4 degree C.
85 temp2_auto_point3_temp  rw      Above this temperature fan runs at maximum
86                                 speed. It can only have certain discrete
87                                 values which depend on temp2_auto_point2_temp
88                                 and pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. Read it out after
89                                 writing to get actual value.
92 Module parameters
93 -----------------
95 If your board has a BIOS that initializes the amc6821 correctly, you should
96 load the module with: init=0.
98 If your board BIOS doesn't initialize the chip, or you want
99 different settings, you can set the following parameters:
100 init=1,
101 pwminv: 0 default pwm output, 1 inverts pwm output.