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[PATCH] hwmon: Add sysfs interface for individual alarm files

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Extend the sysfs interface of hardware monitoring chips, by adding
individual alarm and beep files. Contrary to the old aggregated "alarms"
and "beeps" files, individual files constitute a standard way to access
the status information, making it finally possible to implement a
chip-independant hardware monitoring chip access library (once all
drivers have been added this new interface, that is.)

If future drivers need more individual files, the interface will be
extended as needed at the same time these drivers are merged into the
kernel tree.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Jean Delvare 2006-03-23 16:46:47 +01:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 568825c8ed
commit 400b48ecd9
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@ -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.