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authorAlexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>2011-06-28 15:11:23 +0000
committerGuenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>2011-07-28 00:17:35 -0700
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hwmon: LM95245 driver
A hwmon driver for the National Semiconductor LM95245 dual temperature sensors chip. Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
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+Kernel driver lm95245
+==================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * National Semiconductor LM95245
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18, 0x19, 0x29, 0x4c, 0x4d
+ Datasheet: Publicly available at the National Semiconductor website
+ http://www.national.com/mpf/LM/LM95245.html
+
+
+Author: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The LM95245 is an 11-bit digital temperature sensor with a 2-wire System
+Management Bus (SMBus) interface and TruTherm technology that can monitor
+the temperature of a remote diode as well as its own temperature.
+The LM95245 can be used to very accurately monitor the temperature of
+external devices such as microprocessors.
+
+All temperature values are given in millidegrees Celsius. Local temperature
+is given within a range of -127 to +127.875 degrees. Remote temperatures are
+given within a range of -127 to +255 degrees. Resolution depends on
+temperature input and range.
+
+Each sensor has its own critical limit, but the hysteresis is common to all
+two channels.
+
+The lm95245 driver can change its update interval to a fixed set of values.
+It will round up to the next selectable interval. See the datasheet for exact
+values. Reading sensor values more often will do no harm, but will return
+'old' values.