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| author | R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz <R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz> | 2005-05-26 12:42:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-06-21 21:52:02 -0700 |
| commit | 7f15b66468b7003d5241e352a007e73be5519b20 (patch) | |
| tree | c9333e14baae06a831c8515d9e1e24808826053e /Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 | |
| parent | 2bf34a1ca9d570dd4fab4d95c4de82d873ecf718 (diff) | |
[PATCH] I2C: documentation update 2/3
This patch adds missing documentation for system health monitoring chips.
I would like to thank all people, who helped me with this project.
Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d6f8d9cd7d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max1619 @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Kernel driver max1619 +===================== + +Supported chips: + * Maxim MAX1619 + Prefix: 'max1619' + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18-0x1a, 0x29-0x2b, 0x4c-0x4e + Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website + http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX1619.pdf + +Authors: + Alexey Fisher <fishor@mail.ru>, + Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +Description +----------- + +The MAX1619 is a digital temperature sensor. It senses its own temperature as +well as the temperature of up to one external diode. + +All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution +is 1.0 degree for the local temperature and for the remote temperature. + +Only the external sensor has high and low limits. + +The max1619 driver will not update its values more frequently than every +other second; reading them more often will do no harm, but will return +'old' values. + |