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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/qnap-mcu-hwmon.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/qnap-mcu-hwmon.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..83407e3408f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/qnap-mcu-hwmon.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later + +Kernel driver qnap-mcu-hwmon +============================ + +This driver enables the use of the hardware monitoring and fan control +of the MCU used on some QNAP network attached storage devices. + +Author: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> + +Description +----------- + +The driver implements a simple interface for driving the fan controlled by +setting its PWM output value and exposes the fan rpm and case-temperature +to user space through hwmon's sysfs interface. + +The fan rotation speed returned via the optional 'fan1_input' is calculated +inside the MCU device. + +The driver provides the following sensor accesses in sysfs: + +=============== ======= ======================================================= +fan1_input ro fan tachometer speed in RPM +pwm1 rw relative speed (0-255), 255=max. speed. +temp1_input ro Measured temperature in millicelsius +=============== ======= ======================================================= |