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|   | Kernel driver adt7462 | ||
|  | ====================== | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | Supported chips: | ||
|  |   * Analog Devices ADT7462 | ||
|  |     Prefix: 'adt7462' | ||
|  |     Addresses scanned: I2C 0x58, 0x5C | ||
|  |     Datasheet: Publicly available at the Analog Devices website | ||
|  | 
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|  | Author: Darrick J. Wong | ||
|  | 
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|  | Description | ||
|  | ----------- | ||
|  | 
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|  | This driver implements support for the Analog Devices ADT7462 chip family. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | This chip is a bit of a beast.  It has 8 counters for measuring fan speed.  It | ||
|  | can also measure 13 voltages or 4 temperatures, or various combinations of the | ||
|  | two.  See the chip documentation for more details about the exact set of | ||
|  | configurations.  This driver does not allow one to configure the chip; that is | ||
|  | left to the system designer. | ||
|  | 
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|  | A sophisticated control system for the PWM outputs is designed into the ADT7462 | ||
|  | that allows fan speed to be adjusted automatically based on any of the three | ||
|  | temperature sensors. Each PWM output is individually adjustable and | ||
|  | programmable. Once configured, the ADT7462 will adjust the PWM outputs in | ||
|  | response to the measured temperatures without further host intervention.  This | ||
|  | feature can also be disabled for manual control of the PWM's. | ||
|  | 
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|  | Each of the measured inputs (voltage, temperature, fan speed) has | ||
|  | corresponding high/low limit values. The ADT7462 will signal an ALARM if | ||
|  | any measured value exceeds either limit. | ||
|  | 
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|  | The ADT7462 samples all inputs continuously. The driver will not read | ||
|  | the registers more often than once every other second. Further, | ||
|  | configuration data is only read once per minute. | ||
|  | 
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|  | Special Features | ||
|  | ---------------- | ||
|  | 
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|  | The ADT7462 have a 10-bit ADC and can therefore measure temperatures | ||
|  | with 0.25 degC resolution. | ||
|  | 
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|  | The Analog Devices datasheet is very detailed and describes a procedure for | ||
|  | determining an optimal configuration for the automatic PWM control. | ||
|  | 
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|  | The driver will report sensor labels when it is able to determine that | ||
|  | information from the configuration registers. | ||
|  | 
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|  | Configuration Notes | ||
|  | ------------------- | ||
|  | 
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|  | Besides standard interfaces driver adds the following: | ||
|  | 
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|  | * PWM Control | ||
|  | 
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|  | * pwm#_auto_point1_pwm and temp#_auto_point1_temp and | ||
|  | * pwm#_auto_point2_pwm and temp#_auto_point2_temp - | ||
|  | 
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|  | point1: Set the pwm speed at a lower temperature bound. | ||
|  | point2: Set the pwm speed at a higher temperature bound. | ||
|  | 
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|  | The ADT7462 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).  Fan speed will be set to maximum when the | ||
|  | temperature sensor associated with the PWM control exceeds temp#_max. | ||
|  | 
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