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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/acpi_power_meter b/Documentation/hwmon/acpi_power_meter index c80399a00c50..7665ca6ba957 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/acpi_power_meter +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/acpi_power_meter @@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ Kernel driver power_meter This driver talks to ACPI 4.0 power meters. Supported systems: + * Any recent system with ACPI 4.0. + Prefix: 'power_meter' + Datasheet: http://acpi.info/, section 10.4. Author: Darrick J. Wong @@ -23,21 +26,21 @@ of Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface. Special Features ---------------- -The power[1-*]_is_battery knob indicates if the power supply is a battery. -Both power[1-*]_average_{min,max} must be set before the trip points will work. +The `power[1-*]_is_battery` knob indicates if the power supply is a battery. +Both `power[1-*]_average_{min,max}` must be set before the trip points will work. When both of them are set, an ACPI event will be broadcast on the ACPI netlink socket and a poll notification will be sent to the appropriate -power[1-*]_average sysfs file. +`power[1-*]_average` sysfs file. -The power[1-*]_{model_number, serial_number, oem_info} fields display arbitrary -strings that ACPI provides with the meter. The measures/ directory contains -symlinks to the devices that this meter measures. +The `power[1-*]_{model_number, serial_number, oem_info}` fields display +arbitrary strings that ACPI provides with the meter. The measures/ directory +contains symlinks to the devices that this meter measures. Some computers have the ability to enforce a power cap in hardware. If this is -the case, the power[1-*]_cap and related sysfs files will appear. When the +the case, the `power[1-*]_cap` and related sysfs files will appear. When the average power consumption exceeds the cap, an ACPI event will be broadcast on the netlink event socket and a poll notification will be sent to the -appropriate power[1-*]_alarm file to indicate that capping has begun, and the +appropriate `power[1-*]_alarm` file to indicate that capping has begun, and the hardware has taken action to reduce power consumption. Most likely this will result in reduced performance. @@ -46,6 +49,6 @@ all cases the ACPI event will be broadcast on the ACPI netlink event socket as well as sent as a poll notification to a sysfs file. The events are as follows: -power[1-*]_cap will be notified if the firmware changes the power cap. -power[1-*]_interval will be notified if the firmware changes the averaging +`power[1-*]_cap` will be notified if the firmware changes the power cap. +`power[1-*]_interval` will be notified if the firmware changes the averaging interval. |