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Jean Delvareba224e22006-12-12 18:18:29 +01001Kernel driver pc87427
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4Supported chips:
5 * National Semiconductor PC87427
6 Prefix: 'pc87427'
7 Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
Jean Delvare6aa693b2008-10-17 17:51:17 +02008 Datasheet: No longer available
Jean Delvareba224e22006-12-12 18:18:29 +01009
10Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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12Thanks to Amir Habibi at Candelis for setting up a test system, and to
13Michael Kress for testing several iterations of this driver.
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16Description
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19The National Semiconductor Super I/O chip includes complete hardware
20monitoring capabilities. It can monitor up to 18 voltages, 8 fans and
216 temperature sensors. Only the fans are supported at the moment.
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23This chip also has fan controlling features, which are not yet supported
24by this driver either.
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26The driver assumes that no more than one chip is present, which seems
27reasonable.
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30Fan Monitoring
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33Fan rotation speeds are reported as 14-bit values from a gated clock
34signal. Speeds down to 83 RPM can be measured.
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36An alarm is triggered if the rotation speed drops below a programmable
37limit. Another alarm is triggered if the speed is too low to to be measured
38(including stalled or missing fan).