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-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ds16218
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/lm708
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/sht215
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface5
5 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ds1621 b/Documentation/hwmon/ds1621
index f775e612f582..fa3407997795 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ds1621
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ds1621
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ support, which is achieved via the R0 and R1 config register bits, where:
R0..R1
------
- 0 0 => 9 bits, 0.5 degrees Celcius
- 1 0 => 10 bits, 0.25 degrees Celcius
- 0 1 => 11 bits, 0.125 degrees Celcius
- 1 1 => 12 bits, 0.0625 degrees Celcius
+ 0 0 => 9 bits, 0.5 degrees Celsius
+ 1 0 => 10 bits, 0.25 degrees Celsius
+ 0 1 => 11 bits, 0.125 degrees Celsius
+ 1 1 => 12 bits, 0.0625 degrees Celsius
Note:
At initial device power-on, the default resolution is set to 12-bits.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt
index 2505ae67e2b6..53a806696c64 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ the call to devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups or
hwmon_device_register_with_info and if the automatic (device managed)
removal would be too late.
+All supported hwmon device registration functions only accept valid device
+names. Device names including invalid characters (whitespace, '*', or '-')
+will be rejected. The 'name' parameter is mandatory.
+
Using devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info()
--------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm70 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm70
index 1bb2db440671..c3a1f2ea017d 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm70
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm70
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Supported chips:
Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM70.html
* Texas Instruments TMP121/TMP123
Information: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tmp121.html
+ * Texas Instruments TMP122/TMP124
+ Information: http://www.ti.com/product/tmp122
* National Semiconductor LM71
Datasheet: http://www.ti.com/product/LM71
* National Semiconductor LM74
@@ -35,8 +37,10 @@ As a real (in-tree) example of this "SPI protocol driver" interfacing
with a "SPI master controller driver", see drivers/spi/spi_lm70llp.c
and its associated documentation.
-The LM74 and TMP121/TMP123 are very similar; main difference is 13-bit
-temperature data (0.0625 degrees celsius resolution).
+The LM74 and TMP121/TMP122/TMP123/TMP124 are very similar; main difference is
+13-bit temperature data (0.0625 degrees celsius resolution).
+
+The TMP122/TMP124 also feature configurable temperature thresholds.
The LM71 is also very similar; main difference is 14-bit temperature
data (0.03125 degrees celsius resolution).
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sht21 b/Documentation/hwmon/sht21
index db17fda45c3e..47f4765db256 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sht21
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sht21
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ sysfs-Interface
temp1_input - temperature input
humidity1_input - humidity input
+eic - Electronic Identification Code
Notes
-----
@@ -45,5 +46,5 @@ humidity and 66 ms for temperature. To keep self heating below 0.1 degree
Celsius, the device should not be active for more than 10% of the time,
e.g. maximum two measurements per second at the given resolution.
-Different resolutions, the on-chip heater, using the CRC checksum and reading
-the serial number are not supported yet.
+Different resolutions, the on-chip heater, and using the CRC checksum
+are not supported yet.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
index 2cc95ad46604..fc337c317c67 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ given driver if the chip has the feature.
name The chip name.
This should be a short, lowercase string, not containing
- spaces nor dashes, representing the chip name. This is
- the only mandatory attribute.
+ whitespace, dashes, or the wildcard character '*'.
+ This attribute represents the chip name. It is the only
+ mandatory attribute.
I2C devices get this attribute created automatically.
RO