| Kernel driver sch5627 | |
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| Supported chips: | |
| * SMSC SCH5627 | |
| Prefix: 'sch5627' | |
| Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space | |
| Datasheet: Application Note available upon request | |
| Author: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> | |
| Description | |
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| SMSC SCH5627 Super I/O chips include complete hardware monitoring | |
| capabilities. They can monitor up to 5 voltages, 4 fans and 8 temperatures. | |
| The SMSC SCH5627 hardware monitoring part also contains an integrated | |
| watchdog. In order for this watchdog to function some motherboard specific | |
| initialization most be done by the BIOS, so if the watchdog is not enabled | |
| by the BIOS the sch5627 driver will not register a watchdog device. | |
| The hardware monitoring part of the SMSC SCH5627 is accessed by talking | |
| through an embedded microcontroller. An application note describing the | |
| protocol for communicating with the microcontroller is available upon | |
| request. Please mail me if you want a copy. |