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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/jc42 | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/k10temp | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 24 |
4 files changed, 43 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl index 5e87ad58c0b5..f51f28531b8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl @@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ </sect1> </chapter> + <chapter id="fs_events"> + <title>Events based on file descriptors</title> +!Efs/eventfd.c + </chapter> + <chapter id="sysfs"> <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title> !Efs/sysfs/file.c diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 index 0e76ef12e4c6..a22ecf48f255 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Supported chips: * JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensor chips Prefix: 'jc42' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1f - Datasheet: - + Datasheet: + http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/4_01_04R19.pdf Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> @@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ Author: Description ----------- -This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors. +This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors, +which are used on many DDR3 memory modules for mobile devices and servers. Some +systems use the sensor to prevent memory overheating by automatically throttling +the memory controller. + The driver auto-detects the chips listed above, but can be manually instantiated to support other JC 42.4 compliant chips. @@ -81,15 +86,19 @@ limits. The chip supports only a single register to configure the hysteresis, which applies to all limits. This register can be written by writing into temp1_crit_hyst. Other hysteresis attributes are read-only. +If the BIOS has configured the sensor for automatic temperature management, it +is likely that it has locked the registers, i.e., that the temperature limits +cannot be changed. + Sysfs entries ------------- temp1_input Temperature (RO) -temp1_min Minimum temperature (RW) -temp1_max Maximum temperature (RW) -temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RW) +temp1_min Minimum temperature (RO or RW) +temp1_max Maximum temperature (RO or RW) +temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RO or RW) -temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RW) +temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RO or RW) temp1_max_hyst Maximum hysteresis temperature (RO) temp1_min_alarm Temperature low alarm diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp index 6526eee525a6..d2b56a4fd1f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Supported chips: Socket S1G3: Athlon II, Sempron, Turion II * AMD Family 11h processors: Socket S1G2: Athlon (X2), Sempron (X2), Turion X2 (Ultra) +* AMD Family 12h processors: "Llano" +* AMD Family 14h processors: "Brazos" (C/E/G-Series) Prefix: 'k10temp' Addresses scanned: PCI space @@ -17,10 +19,14 @@ Supported chips: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/31116.pdf BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 11h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41256.pdf + BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors: + http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43170.pdf Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41322.pdf Revision Guide for AMD Family 11h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41788.pdf + Revision Guide for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors: + http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/47534.pdf AMD Family 11h Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet for Notebooks: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43373.pdf AMD Family 10h Server and Workstation Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet: @@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ Description ----------- This driver permits reading of the internal temperature sensor of AMD -Family 10h and 11h processors. +Family 10h/11h/12h/14h processors. All these processors have a sensor, but on those for Socket F or AM2+, the sensor may return inconsistent values (erratum 319). The driver diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 89835a4766a6..f4a04c0c7edc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. +Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel +parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_ +multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30 +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. + acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface @@ -545,16 +550,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] - crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] - [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to - hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic. + crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] + [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' + upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical + memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel + image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset + is selected automatically. Check + Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details. crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory in the running system. The syntax of range is start-[end] where start and end are both a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also - Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example. + Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example. cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] Format: <dma> @@ -1262,10 +1271,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 6 (KERN_INFO) informational 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages - log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes. - Format: { n | nk | nM } - n must be a power of two. The default size - is set in the kernel config file. + log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, + in bytes. n must be a power of two. The default + size is set in the kernel config file. logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. This may be used to provide more screen space for |