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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/hwmon/abx500 b/kernel/Documentation/hwmon/abx500 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..319a058ce --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/Documentation/hwmon/abx500 @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Kernel driver abx500 +==================== + +Supported chips: + * ST-Ericsson ABx500 series + Prefix: 'abx500' + Addresses scanned: - + Datasheet: http://www.stericsson.com/developers/documentation.jsp + +Authors: + Martin Persson <martin.persson@stericsson.com> + Hongbo Zhang <hongbo.zhang@linaro.org> + +Description +----------- + +Every ST-Ericsson Ux500 SOC consists of both ABx500 and DBx500 physically, +this is kernel hwmon driver for ABx500. + +There are some GPADCs inside ABx500 which are designed for connecting to +thermal sensors, and there is also a thermal sensor inside ABx500 too, which +raises interrupt when critical temperature reached. + +This abx500 is a common layer which can monitor all of the sensors, every +specific abx500 chip has its special configurations in its own file, e.g. some +sensors can be configured invisible if they are not available on that chip, and +the corresponding gpadc_addr should be set to 0, thus this sensor won't be +polled. |