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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-06 19:56:51 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-06 19:56:51 -0700
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Merge tag 'hwmon-for-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging
Pull hwmon updates from Guenter Roeck: - Add driver for Intersil ISL68137 PWM Controller - Add driver for Lochnagar 2 - Add driver for Infineon IR38064 Voltage Regulator - Add support for TMP75B to lm75 driver - Convert documentation to ReST format - Use request_muxed_region for Super-IO accesses in several drivers - Add 'samples' attribute to ABI, and start using it - Add support for custom sysfs attributes to pmbus drivers (used in ISL68137 driver) - Introduce HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO macro - Automated changes: - Use permission specific [SENSOR_][DEVICE_]ATTR variants - Fix build warnings due to unused of_device_id structures - Use HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO macro - Various minor improvements and fixes * tag 'hwmon-for-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging: (125 commits) hwmon: (lm75) Add support for TMP75B dt-bindings: hwmon: Add tmp75b to lm75.txt hwmon: (s3c) Use dev_get_drvdata() hwmon: (max6650) Drop call to thermal_cdev_update docs: hwmon: remove the extension from .rst files docs: hwmon: convert three docs to ReST format hwmon: (max6650) add thermal cooling device capability hwmon: (ina3221) Add voltage conversion time settings hwmon: (ina3221) Do not read-back to cache reg_config docs: hwmon: Add an index file and rename docs to *.rst docs: hwmon: convert remaining files to ReST format docs: hwmon: misc files: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: pmbus files: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: k8temp, w83793: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: da9052, da9055: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: wm831x, wm8350: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: dme1737, vt1211: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: ads1015: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: asc7621: convert to ReST format docs: hwmon: ibmpowernv: convert to ReST format ...
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+Kernel driver pwm-fan
+=====================
+
+This driver enables the use of a PWM module to drive a fan. It uses the
+generic PWM interface thus it is hardware independent. It can be used on
+many SoCs, as long as the SoC supplies a PWM line driver that exposes
+the generic PWM API.
+
+Author: Kamil Debski <k.debski@samsung.com>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The driver implements a simple interface for driving a fan connected to
+a PWM output. It uses the generic PWM interface, thus it can be used with
+a range of SoCs. The driver exposes the fan to the user space through
+the hwmon's sysfs interface.
+
+The fan rotation speed returned via the optional 'fan1_input' is extrapolated
+from the sampled interrupts from the tachometer signal within 1 second.