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| author | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2009-05-08 09:56:47 +0200 |
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| committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2009-05-08 09:56:47 +0200 |
| commit | d254117099d711f215e62427f55dfb8ebd5ad011 (patch) | |
| tree | 0848ff8dd74314fec14a86497f8d288c86ba7c65 /Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 | |
| parent | integrity: remove __setup auditing msgs (diff) | |
| parent | NOMMU: Don't check vm_region::vm_start is page aligned in add_nommu_region() (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2e6a21eb656c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Kernel driver ltc4215 +===================== + +Supported chips: + * Linear Technology LTC4215 + Prefix: 'ltc4215' + Addresses scanned: 0x44 + Datasheet: + http://www.linear.com/pc/downloadDocument.do?navId=H0,C1,C1003,C1006,C1163,P17572,D12697 + +Author: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu> + + +Description +----------- + +The LTC4215 controller allows a board to be safely inserted and removed +from a live backplane. + + +Usage Notes +----------- + +This driver does not probe for LTC4215 devices, due to the fact that some +of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use +the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device. + +Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4215 at address 0x44 +on I2C bus #0: +$ modprobe ltc4215 force=0,0x44 + + +Sysfs entries +------------- + +The LTC4215 has built-in limits for overvoltage, undervoltage, and +undercurrent warnings. This makes it very likely that the reference +circuit will be used. + +in1_input input voltage +in2_input output voltage + +in1_min_alarm input undervoltage alarm +in1_max_alarm input overvoltage alarm + +curr1_input current +curr1_max_alarm overcurrent alarm + +power1_input power usage +power1_alarm power bad alarm |