Commit 5b319400 authored by Mark M. Hoffman's avatar Mark M. Hoffman Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] hwmon: Clarify the W83627THF VID documentation

This patch clarifies the W83627THF VID documentation.
Signed-off-by: default avatarMark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
parent dd149c52
...@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ If you really want i2c accesses for these Super I/O chips, ...@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ If you really want i2c accesses for these Super I/O chips,
use the w83781d driver. However this is not the preferred method use the w83781d driver. However this is not the preferred method
now that this ISA driver has been developed. now that this ISA driver has been developed.
Technically, the w83627thf does not support a VID reading. However, it's The w83627_HF_ uses pins 110-106 as VID0-VID4. The w83627_THF_ uses the
possible or even likely that your mainboard maker has routed these signals same pins as GPIO[0:4]. Technically, the w83627_THF_ does not support a
to a specific set of general purpose IO pins (the Asus P4C800-E is one such VID reading. However the two chips have the identical 128 pin package. So,
board). The w83627thf driver now interprets these as VID. If the VID on it is possible or even likely for a w83627thf to have the VID signals routed
your board doesn't work, first see doc/vid in the lm_sensors package. If to these pins despite their not being labeled for that purpose. Therefore,
that still doesn't help, email us at lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org. the w83627thf driver interprets these as VID. If the VID on your board
doesn't work, first see doc/vid in the lm_sensors package[1]. If that still
doesn't help, you may just ignore the bogus VID reading with no harm done.
For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver documentation.
documentation.
[1] http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2/doc/vid
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