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Add support for the SMSC LPC47M292 fans.

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1Kernel driver `smsc47m1.o'
2==========================
3
4Status: Beta.
5
6Supported chips:
7  * SMSC LPC47B27x, LPC47M112, LPC47M10x, LPC47M13x, LPC47M14x,
8    LPC47M15x and LPC47M192
9    Prefix: 'smsc47m1'
10    Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
11    Datasheets:
12        http://www.smsc.com/main/datasheets/47b27x.pdf
13        http://www.smsc.com/main/datasheets/47m10x.pdf
14        http://www.smsc.com/main/datasheets/47m112.pdf
15        http://www.smsc.com/main/tools/discontinued/47m13x.pdf
16        http://www.smsc.com/main/datasheets/47m14x.pdf
17        http://www.smsc.com/main/tools/discontinued/47m15x.pdf
18        http://www.smsc.com/main/datasheets/47m192.pdf
19  * SMSC LPC47M292
20    Prefix: 'smsc47m2'
21    Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
22    Datasheet: Not public
23  * SMSC LPC47M997
24    Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
25    Prefix: 'smsc47m1'
26    Datasheet: none
27
28Authors: Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
29         With assistance from Bruce Allen <ballen@uwm.edu> and his
30         fan.c program: http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/%7Eballen/driver/
31
32Module Parameters
33-----------------
34
35force_addr=0xaddr       Set the I/O base address. Useful for boards
36                        that don't set the address in the BIOS.
37                        Don't use this unless the driver complains that the
38                        base address is not set.
39                        Example: 'modprobe smsc47m1 force_addr=0x680'
40
41
42Description
43-----------
44
45The Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) 47M1xx Super I/O chips
46contain monitoring and PWM control circuitry for two fans.
47
48The LPC47M15x, LPC47M192 and LPC47M292 chips contain a full 'hardware
49monitoring block' in addition to the fan monitoring and control. The
50hardware monitoring block is not supported by the driver.
51
52No documentation is available for the 47M997, but it has the same device
53ID as the 47M15x and 47M192 chips and seems to be compatible therewith.
54
55Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is
56triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. Fan
57readings can be divided by a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give
58the readings more range or accuracy. Not all RPM values can accurately be
59represented, so some rounding is done. With a divider of 2, the lowest
60representable value is around 2600 RPM.
61
62PWM values are from 0 to 255. The first value in the /proc entry is
63the pwm value; the second is the enable (0 or 1).
64
65If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register
66is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may
67already have disappeared!  Note that in the current implementation, all
68hardware registers are read whenever any data is read (unless it is less
69than 1.5 seconds since the last update). This means that you can easily
70miss once-only alarms.
71
72
73**********************
74The lm_sensors project gratefully acknowledges the support of
75Intel in the development of this driver.
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