hwmon: (lm63) Add sensor type attribute for external sensor on LM96163

[GitHub/mt8127/android_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git] / Documentation / hwmon / lm63

diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm63 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm63
index b9843eab1afb107d6ffb13239b6df435bd7c8c54..8202825cd0950300bc3ee3d7609693f9962663aa 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm63
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm63
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Supported chips:
     Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 and 0x4e
     Datasheet: Publicly available at the National Semiconductor website
                http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM64.html
+  * National Semiconductor LM96163
+    Prefix: 'lm96163'
+    Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c
+    Datasheet: Publicly available at the National Semiconductor website
+               http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM96163.html
 
 Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
@@ -56,9 +61,13 @@ PWM modes: manual and automatic. Automatic mode is not fully implemented yet
 (you cannot define your custom PWM/temperature curve), and mode change isn't
 supported either.
 
-The lm63 driver will not update its values more frequently than every
-second; reading them more often will do no harm, but will return 'old'
-values.
+The lm63 driver will not update its values more frequently than configured with
+the update_interval sysfs attribute; reading them more often will do no harm,
+but will return 'old' values.
 
 The LM64 is effectively an LM63 with GPIO lines. The driver does not
 support these GPIO lines at present.
+
+The LM96163 is an enhanced version of LM63 with improved temperature accuracy
+and better PWM resolution. For LM96163, the external temperature sensor type is
+configurable as CPU embedded diode(1) or 3904 transistor(2).