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										 |  |  | Kernel driver gl518sm | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Supported chips: | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |   * Genesys Logic GL518SM release 0x00 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     Prefix: 'gl518sm' | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     Addresses scanned: I2C 0x2c and 0x2d | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |   * Genesys Logic GL518SM release 0x80 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     Prefix: 'gl518sm' | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     Addresses scanned: I2C 0x2c and 0x2d | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |     Datasheet: http://www.genesyslogic.com/ | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Authors: | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |         Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |         Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |         Hong-Gunn Chew <hglinux@gunnet.org> | 
					
						
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											2014-01-29 20:40:08 +01:00
										 |  |  |         Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Description | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | IMPORTANT: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | For the revision 0x00 chip, the in0, in1, and in2  values (+5V, +3V, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | and +12V) CANNOT be read. This is a limitation of the chip, not the driver. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | This driver supports the Genesys Logic GL518SM chip. There are at least | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | two revision of this chip, which we call revision 0x00 and 0x80. Revision | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 0x80 chips support the reading of all voltages and revision 0x00 only | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | for VIN3. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | The GL518SM implements one temperature sensor, two fan rotation speed | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | sensors, and four voltage sensors. It can report alarms through the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | computer speakers. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. An alarm goes off while the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | temperature is above the over temperature limit, and has not yet dropped | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | below the hysteresis limit. The alarm always reflects the current | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | situation. Measurements are guaranteed between -10 degrees and +110 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | degrees, with a accuracy of +/-3 degrees. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. In | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | case when you have selected to turn fan1 off, no fan1 alarm is triggered. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 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 1900 RPM. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Voltage sensors (also known as VIN sensors) report their values in volts. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | An alarm is triggered if the voltage has crossed a programmable minimum or | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | maximum limit. Note that minimum in this case always means 'closest to | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | zero'; this is important for negative voltage measurements. The VDD input | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | measures voltages between 0.000 and 5.865 volt, with a resolution of 0.023 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | volt. The other inputs measure voltages between 0.000 and 4.845 volt, with | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | a resolution of 0.019 volt. Note that revision 0x00 chips do not support | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | reading the current voltage of any input except for VIN3; limit setting and | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | alarms work fine, though. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | When an alarm is triggered, you can be warned by a beeping signal through your | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | computer speaker. It is possible to enable all beeping globally, or only the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | beeping for some alarms. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | is read at least once (except for temperature alarms). 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. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | The GL518SM only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | will do no harm, but will return 'old' values. |