From 241937b863c8a3ef10511712f53285f41ab05308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 14:02:13 -0700 Subject: adt7473: minor documentation update Add a sentence about when fan speed increases to maximum. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong Acked-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/hwmon/adt7473 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon') diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7473 b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7473 index 22d8b19046ab..2126de34c711 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7473 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7473 @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ point2: Set the pwm speed at a higher temperature bound. The ADT7473 will scale the pwm between the lower and higher pwm speed when the temperature is between the two temperature boundaries. PWM values range -from 0 (off) to 255 (full speed). +from 0 (off) to 255 (full speed). Fan speed will be set to maximum when the +temperature sensor associated with the PWM control exceeds temp#_max. Notes ----- -- cgit v1.2.3 From 8808a793f052c0a67426a24b961402fa20e92814 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:04:25 -0700 Subject: ibmaem: new driver for power/energy/temp meters in IBM System X hardware This driver reads IBM Active Energy Manager energy/temperature/power sensors on IBM System X hardware. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk warnings] Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong Cc: "Mark M. Hoffman" Cc: Corey Minyard Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon') diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2fefaf582a43 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Kernel driver ibmaem +====================== + +Supported systems: + * Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager support. + This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2, + x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface + driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything. + Prefix: 'ibmaem' + Datasheet: Not available + +Author: Darrick J. Wong + +Description +----------- + +This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power +meters available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All +sensor banks will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk +to both v1 and v2 interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the +older ibmpex driver. + +The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. +There is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption +since the last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power +use over a configurable interval. + +The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present +a wider range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as +set by the AEM software, and temperature sensors. + +Special Features +---------------- + +The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by +the Active Energy Manager software. Setting the power cap from the host +is not currently supported. -- cgit v1.2.3