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| author |   Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> | 2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800 |
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| committer | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> | 2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800 |
| commit | 20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944 (patch) | |
| tree | 43da70e0b32ee423d3643ecd422821383411ab72 /Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 | |
| parent | xen: fix header export to userspace (diff) | |
| parent | Linux 2.6.37-rc2 (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944.tar.xz linux-dev-20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944.zip | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc2' into upstream/xenfs
* commit 'v2.6.37-rc2': (10093 commits)
Linux 2.6.37-rc2
capabilities/syslog: open code cap_syslog logic to fix build failure
i2c: Sanity checks on adapter registration
i2c: Mark i2c_adapter.id as deprecated
i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h>
i2c: Delete unused adapter IDs
i2c: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata
include/linux/kernel.h: Move logging bits to include/linux/printk.h
Fix gcc 4.5.1 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c (again)
hwmon: (w83795) Check for BEEP pin availability
hwmon: (w83795) Clear intrusion alarm immediately
hwmon: (w83795) Read the intrusion state properly
hwmon: (w83795) Print the actual temperature channels as sources
hwmon: (w83795) List all usable temperature sources
hwmon: (w83795) Expose fan control method
hwmon: (w83795) Fix fan control mode attributes
hwmon: (lm95241) Check validity of input values
hwmon: Change mail address of Hans J. Koch
PCI: sysfs: fix printk warnings
GFS2: Fix inode deallocation race
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 | 18 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 index e76a7892f68e..ac020b3bb7b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Kernel driver pcf8591 Supported chips: * Philips/NXP PCF8591 Prefix: 'pcf8591' - Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 - 0x4f + Addresses scanned: none Datasheet: Publicly available at the NXP website http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8591_6.html @@ -58,18 +58,16 @@ Module parameters Accessing PCF8591 via /sys interface ------------------------------------- -! Be careful ! -The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Stupid chip. -So every chip with address in the interval [0x48..0x4f] is -detected as PCF8591. If you have other chips in this address -range, the workaround is to load this module after the one -for your others chips. +The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Thus the driver won't even +try. You have to explicitly instantiate the device at the relevant +address (in the interval [0x48..0x4f]) either through platform data, or +using the sysfs interface. See Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices +for details. -On detection (i.e. insmod, modprobe et al.), directories are being -created for each detected PCF8591: +Directories are being created for each instantiated PCF8591: /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/ -where <0> is the bus the chip was detected on (e. g. i2c-0) +where <0> is the bus the chip is connected to (e. g. i2c-0) and <1> the chip address ([48..4f]) Inside these directories, there are such files: |