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| author |   Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> | 2009-10-18 01:09:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> | 2009-10-18 01:12:33 +0200 |
| commit | 0f8f86c7bdd1c954fbe153af437a0d91a6c5721a (patch) | |
| tree | 94a8d419a470a4f9852ca397bb9bbe48db92ff5c /Documentation/hwmon/wm831x | |
| parent | Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/hw-breakpoints (diff) | |
| parent | perf tools: Move dereference after NULL test (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'perf/core' into perf/hw-breakpoint
Conflicts:
kernel/Makefile
kernel/trace/Makefile
kernel/trace/trace.h
samples/Makefile
Merge reason: We need to be uptodate with the perf events development
branch because we plan to rewrite the breakpoints API on top of
perf events.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/wm831x')
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/wm831x b/Documentation/hwmon/wm831x new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..24f47d8f6a42 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/wm831x @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Kernel driver wm831x-hwmon +========================== + +Supported chips: + * Wolfson Microelectronics WM831x PMICs + Prefix: 'wm831x' + Datasheet: + http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/products/WM8310 + http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/products/WM8311 + http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/products/WM8312 + +Authors: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> + +Description +----------- + +The WM831x series of PMICs include an AUXADC which can be used to +monitor a range of system operating parameters, including the voltages +of the major supplies within the system. Currently the driver provides +reporting of all the input values but does not provide any alarms. + +Voltage Monitoring +------------------ + +Voltages are sampled by a 12 bit ADC. Voltages in milivolts are 1.465 +times the ADC value. + +Temperature Monitoring +---------------------- + +Temperatures are sampled by a 12 bit ADC. Chip and battery temperatures +are available. The chip temperature is calculated as: + + Degrees celsius = (512.18 - data) / 1.0983 + +while the battery temperature calculation will depend on the NTC +thermistor component. |