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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface | 98 |
1 files changed, 73 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface index 2d16e1e4017d..eeb912254db4 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface @@ -252,9 +252,68 @@ curr[1-n]_input Current input value Read only. -********* -* Other * -********* +********** +* Alarms * +********** + +Each channel or limit may have an associated alarm file, containing a +boolean value. 1 means than an alarm condition exists, 0 means no alarm. + +Usually a given chip will either use channel-related alarms, or +limit-related alarms, not both. The driver should just reflect the hardware +implementation. + +in[0-n]_alarm +fan[1-n]_alarm +temp[1-n]_alarm + Channel alarm + Boolean + Read-only + +OR + +in[0-n]_min_alarm +in[0-n]_max_alarm +fan[1-n]_min_alarm +temp[1-n]_min_alarm +temp[1-n]_max_alarm +temp[1-n]_crit_alarm + Limit alarm + Boolean + Read-only + +Each input channel may have an associated fault file. This can be used +to notify open diodes, unconnected fans etc. where the hardware +supports it. When this boolean has value 1, the measurement for that +channel should not be trusted. + +in[0-n]_input_fault +fan[1-n]_input_fault +temp[1-n]_input_fault + Input fault condition + Boolean + Read-only + +Some chips also offer the possibility to get beeped when an alarm occurs: + +beep_enable Master beep enable + Boolean + Read/Write + +in[0-n]_beep +fan[1-n]_beep +temp[1-n]_beep + Channel beep + 0 to disable. + 1 to enable. + Read/write + +In theory, a chip could provide per-limit beep masking, but no such chip +was seen so far. + +Old drivers provided a different, non-standard interface to alarms and +beeps. These interface files are deprecated, but will be kept around +for compatibility reasons: alarms Alarm bitmask. Read only. @@ -265,33 +324,22 @@ alarms Alarm bitmask. if it is still valid. Generally a direct representation of a chip's internal alarm registers; there is no standard for the position - of individual bits. + of individual bits. For this reason, the use of this + interface file for new drivers is discouraged. Use + individual *_alarm and *_fault files instead. Bits are defined in kernel/include/sensors.h. -alarms_in Alarm bitmask relative to in (voltage) channels - Read only - A '1' bit means an alarm, LSB corresponds to in0 and so on - Prefered to 'alarms' for newer chips - -alarms_fan Alarm bitmask relative to fan channels - Read only - A '1' bit means an alarm, LSB corresponds to fan1 and so on - Prefered to 'alarms' for newer chips - -alarms_temp Alarm bitmask relative to temp (temperature) channels - Read only - A '1' bit means an alarm, LSB corresponds to temp1 and so on - Prefered to 'alarms' for newer chips - -beep_enable Beep/interrupt enable - 0 to disable. - 1 to enable. - Read/Write - beep_mask Bitmask for beep. - Same format as 'alarms' with the same bit locations. + Same format as 'alarms' with the same bit locations, + use discouraged for the same reason. Use individual + *_beep files instead. Read/Write + +********* +* Other * +********* + eeprom Raw EEPROM data in binary form. Read only. |