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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf index 6ee36dbafd6..44dd2bcc72b 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf @@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ Authors: Module Parameters ----------------- -* force_addr: int - Initialize the ISA address of the sensors * force_i2c: int Initialize the I2C address of the sensors * init: int @@ -70,3 +68,30 @@ doesn't help, you may just ignore the bogus VID reading with no harm done. For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver documentation. [1] http://www.lm-sensors.org/browser/lm-sensors/trunk/doc/vid + +Forcing the address +------------------- + +The driver used to have a module parameter named force_addr, which could +be used to force the base I/O address of the hardware monitoring block. +This was meant as a workaround for mainboards with a broken BIOS. This +module parameter is gone for technical reasons. If you need this feature, +you can obtain the same result by using the isaset tool (part of +lm-sensors) before loading the driver: + +# Enter the Super I/O config space +isaset -y -f 0x2e 0x87 +isaset -y -f 0x2e 0x87 + +# Select the hwmon logical device +isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x07 0x0b + +# Set the base I/O address (to 0x290 in this example) +isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x60 0x02 +isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x61 0x90 + +# Exit the Super-I/O config space +isaset -y -f 0x2e 0xaa + +The above sequence assumes a Super-I/O config space at 0x2e/0x2f, but +0x4e/0x4f is also possible. |