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authorMark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>2005-11-26 20:10:56 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2006-01-05 22:16:20 -0800
commit5b319400f5e2cd31a82b38405856ff2b46a9bb83 (patch)
treeab22b0738f072128dc428f16aa37b0aa89934cc4 /Documentation/hwmon
parentdd149c52223cfb05cdefb0755d3c2793e8d33ede (diff)
[PATCH] hwmon: Clarify the W83627THF VID documentation
This patch clarifies the W83627THF VID documentation. Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
index 78f37c2d602..5d23776e990 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
@@ -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
now that this ISA driver has been developed.
-Technically, the w83627thf does not support a VID reading. However, it's
-possible or even likely that your mainboard maker has routed these signals
-to a specific set of general purpose IO pins (the Asus P4C800-E is one such
-board). The w83627thf driver now interprets these as VID. If the VID on
-your board doesn't work, first see doc/vid in the lm_sensors package. If
-that still doesn't help, email us at lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org.
+The w83627_HF_ uses pins 110-106 as VID0-VID4. The w83627_THF_ uses the
+same pins as GPIO[0:4]. Technically, the w83627_THF_ does not support a
+VID reading. However the two chips have the identical 128 pin package. So,
+it is possible or even likely for a w83627thf to have the VID signals routed
+to these pins despite their not being labeled for that purpose. Therefore,
+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
-documentation.
+For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver documentation.
+
+[1] http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2/doc/vid