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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/k8temp | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/Kconfig | 6 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp b/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp index bab445ab0f52..30d123b8d920 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/k8temp @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Kernel driver k8temp ==================== Supported chips: - * AMD K8 CPU + * AMD Athlon64/FX or Opteron CPUs Prefix: 'k8temp' Addresses scanned: PCI space Datasheet: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/32559.pdf @@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ Contact: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Description ----------- -This driver permits reading temperature sensor(s) embedded inside AMD K8 CPUs. -Official documentation says that it works from revision F of K8 core, but -in fact it seems to be implemented for all revisions of K8 except the first -two revisions (SH-B0 and SH-B3). +This driver permits reading temperature sensor(s) embedded inside AMD K8 +family CPUs (Athlon64/FX, Opteron). Official documentation says that it works +from revision F of K8 core, but in fact it seems to be implemented for all +revisions of K8 except the first two revisions (SH-B0 and SH-B3). + +Please note that you will need at least lm-sensors 2.10.1 for proper userspace +support. There can be up to four temperature sensors inside single CPU. The driver will auto-detect the sensors and will display only temperatures from diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5305dd69095b..595b34c4f9d8 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -1668,6 +1668,12 @@ M: sct@redhat.com, akpm@osdl.org L: ext2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net S: Maintained +K8TEMP HARDWARE MONITORING DRIVER +P: Rudolf Marek +M: r.marek@assembler.cz +L: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org +S: Maintained + KCONFIG P: Roman Zippel M: zippel@linux-m68k.org diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig index e0dede7198c8..e76d91906c99 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig @@ -95,11 +95,13 @@ config SENSORS_ADM9240 will be called adm9240. config SENSORS_K8TEMP - tristate "AMD K8 processor sensor" + tristate "AMD Athlon64/FX or Opteron temperature sensor" depends on HWMON && X86 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL help If you say yes here you get support for the temperature - sensor(s) inside your AMD K8 CPU. + sensor(s) inside your CPU. Supported is whole AMD K8 + microarchitecture. Please note that you will need at least + lm-sensors 2.10.1 for proper userspace support. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called k8temp. |