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authorEddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com>2019-04-16 15:54:28 +0000
committerGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>2019-04-16 15:15:52 -0700
commitd2a9b01ff68210cbe78c499858d51890938dee86 (patch)
tree04209f5a99cd3efc679d6427214abf4cf65fab8d /drivers/hwmon
parentafe8419eb628430fe80452b9fd36cd0ebf411bd2 (diff)
downloadlinux-d2a9b01ff68210cbe78c499858d51890938dee86.tar.bz2
hwmon: (occ) Add more details to Kconfig help text
The help text needs to spell out how the driver runs on a BMC, as it previously seemed to indicate it ran on a POWER processor. Signed-off-by: Eddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hwmon')
-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/occ/Kconfig12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/occ/Kconfig
index 2a3869f15026..1658634a053e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/Kconfig
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ config SENSORS_OCC_P8_I2C
select SENSORS_OCC
help
This option enables support for monitoring sensors provided by the
- On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER8 processor. Communications with
- the OCC are established through I2C bus.
+ On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER8 processor. However, this driver
+ can only run on a baseboard management controller (BMC) connected to
+ the P8, not the POWER processor itself. Communications with the OCC are
+ established through I2C bus.
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be
called occ-p8-hwmon.
@@ -22,8 +24,10 @@ config SENSORS_OCC_P9_SBE
select SENSORS_OCC
help
This option enables support for monitoring sensors provided by the
- On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER9 processor. Communications with
- the OCC are established through SBE fifo on an FSI bus.
+ On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER9 processor. However, this driver
+ can only run on a baseboard management controller (BMC) connected to
+ the P9, not the POWER processor itself. Communications with the OCC are
+ established through SBE fifo on an FSI bus.
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be
called occ-p9-hwmon.