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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-10-28 14:14:57 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-10-28 14:14:57 -0700 |
commit | 20731945ae743034353a88c307920d1f16cf8ac8 (patch) | |
tree | 132c796fe3a167dece8cec7a40b1d5dd83a68bc8 /Documentation/hwmon/via686a | |
parent | 406119f49d4a6cf8b6eee639128e0575a95065e3 (diff) | |
parent | a9d1b24d91f91b77db3da8aeacb414764f789b9c (diff) |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/i2c-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/via686a')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/via686a | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a index b82014cb7c5..a936fb3824b 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a @@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ Authors: 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 +force_addr=0xaddr Set the I/O base address. Useful for boards that + don't set the address in the BIOS. Look for a BIOS + upgrade before resorting to this. 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. @@ -63,3 +64,15 @@ 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. + +Known Issues +------------ + +This driver handles sensors integrated in some VIA south bridges. It is +possible that a motherboard maker used a VT82C686A/B chip as part of a +product design but was not interested in its hardware monitoring features, +in which case the sensor inputs will not be wired. This is the case of +the Asus K7V, A7V and A7V133 motherboards, to name only a few of them. +So, if you need the force_addr parameter, and end up with values which +don't seem to make any sense, don't look any further: your chip is simply +not wired for hardware monitoring. |