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| author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2011-05-25 20:43:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Jean Delvare <khali@endymion.delvare> | 2011-05-25 20:43:32 +0200 |
| commit | 67b670ff04cdff1c9584ecdb22e297956664c9b5 (patch) | |
| tree | c7715376d73ac1dfbdbe9a1f1fe0710ddd344308 /Documentation | |
| parent | Move ACPI power meter driver to hwmon (diff) | |
| download | linux-67b670ff04cdff1c9584ecdb22e297956664c9b5.tar.xz linux-67b670ff04cdff1c9584ecdb22e297956664c9b5.zip | |
hwmon: (max6650) Drop device detection
MAX6650 device detection is unreliable, we got reports of false
positives. We now have many ways to let users instantiate the devices
explicitly, so unreliable detection should be dropped.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@hansjkoch.de>
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/max6650 | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 index c565650fcfc6..b26fef5f950e 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Kernel driver max6650 Supported chips: * Maxim 6650 / 6651 Prefix: 'max6650' - Addresses scanned: I2C 0x1b, 0x1f, 0x48, 0x4b + Addresses scanned: none Datasheet: http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6650-MAX6651.pdf Authors: @@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ fan1_div rw sets the speed range the inputs can handle. Legal values are 1, 2, 4, and 8. Use lower values for faster fans. +Usage notes +----------- + +This driver does not auto-detect devices. You will have to instantiate the +devices explicitly. Please see Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices for +details. + Module parameters ----------------- |