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authorYunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>2015-08-04 12:17:53 -0700
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Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as base
Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base. It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and the base is: commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2 Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Date: Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200 Prepare v4.1.3-rt3 Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We should apply another opnfv project repo in future. Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423 Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
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+Kernel driver k8temp
+====================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * AMD Athlon64/FX or Opteron CPUs
+ Prefix: 'k8temp'
+ Addresses scanned: PCI space
+ Datasheet: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/32559.pdf
+
+Author: Rudolf Marek
+Contact: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This driver permits reading temperature sensor(s) embedded inside AMD K8
+family CPUs (Athlon64/FX, Opteron). Official documentation says that it works
+from revision F of K8 core, but in fact it seems to be implemented for all
+revisions of K8 except the first two revisions (SH-B0 and SH-B3).
+
+Please note that you will need at least lm-sensors 2.10.1 for proper userspace
+support.
+
+There can be up to four temperature sensors inside single CPU. The driver
+will auto-detect the sensors and will display only temperatures from
+implemented sensors.
+
+Mapping of /sys files is as follows:
+
+temp1_input - temperature of Core 0 and "place" 0
+temp2_input - temperature of Core 0 and "place" 1
+temp3_input - temperature of Core 1 and "place" 0
+temp4_input - temperature of Core 1 and "place" 1
+
+Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius and measurement resolution is
+1 degree C. It is expected that future CPU will have better resolution. The
+temperature is updated once a second. Valid temperatures are from -49 to
+206 degrees C.
+
+Temperature known as TCaseMax was specified for processors up to revision E.
+This temperature is defined as temperature between heat-spreader and CPU
+case, so the internal CPU temperature supplied by this driver can be higher.
+There is no easy way how to measure the temperature which will correlate
+with TCaseMax temperature.
+
+For newer revisions of CPU (rev F, socket AM2) there is a mathematically
+computed temperature called TControl, which must be lower than TControlMax.
+
+The relationship is following:
+
+temp1_input - TjOffset*2 < TControlMax,
+
+TjOffset is not yet exported by the driver, TControlMax is usually
+70 degrees C. The rule of the thumb -> CPU temperature should not cross
+60 degrees C too much.