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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/via686a b/Documentation/i2c/chips/via686a deleted file mode 100644 index b82014cb7c53..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/via686a +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver via686a -===================== - -Supported chips: - * Via VT82C686A, VT82C686B Southbridge Integrated Hardware Monitor - Prefix: 'via686a' - Addresses scanned: ISA in PCI-space encoded address - Datasheet: On request through web form (http://www.via.com.tw/en/support/datasheets/) - -Authors: - Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, - Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> - Bob Dougherty <bobd@stanford.edu> - (Some conversion-factor data were contributed by - Jonathan Teh Soon Yew <j.teh@iname.com> - and Alex van Kaam <darkside@chello.nl>.) - -Module Parameters ------------------ - -force_addr=0xaddr Set the I/O base address. Useful for Asus A7V boards - that don't set the address in the BIOS. Does not do a - PCI force; the via686a must still be present in lspci. - Don't use this unless the driver complains that the - base address is not set. - Example: 'modprobe via686a force_addr=0x6000' - -Description ------------ - -The driver does not distinguish between the chips and reports -all as a 686A. - -The Via 686a southbridge has integrated hardware monitor functionality. -It also has an I2C bus, but this driver only supports the hardware monitor. -For the I2C bus driver, see <file:Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro> - -The Via 686a implements three temperature sensors, two fan rotation speed -sensors, five voltage sensors and alarms. - -Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. An alarm is triggered once -when the Overtemperature Shutdown limit is crossed; it is triggered again -as soon as it drops below the hysteresis value. - -Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is -triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. Fan -readings can be divided by a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give -the readings more range or accuracy. Not all RPM values can accurately be -represented, so some rounding is done. With a divider of 2, the lowest -representable value is around 2600 RPM. - -Voltage sensors (also known as IN sensors) report their values in volts. -An alarm is triggered if the voltage has crossed a programmable minimum -or maximum limit. Voltages are internally scalled, so each voltage channel -has a different resolution and range. - -If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register -is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may -already have disappeared! Note that in the current implementation, all -hardware registers are read whenever any data is read (unless it is less -than 1.5 seconds since the last update). This means that you can easily -miss once-only alarms. - -The driver only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often -will do no harm, but will return 'old' values. |