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authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>2011-05-25 20:43:32 +0200
committerJean Delvare <khali@endymion.delvare>2011-05-25 20:43:32 +0200
commit67b670ff04cdff1c9584ecdb22e297956664c9b5 (patch)
treec7715376d73ac1dfbdbe9a1f1fe0710ddd344308 /Documentation/hwmon/max6650
parent7d0333653840b0c692f55f1aaaa71d626fb00870 (diff)
hwmon: (max6650) Drop device detection
MAX6650 device detection is unreliable, we got reports of false positives. We now have many ways to let users instantiate the devices explicitly, so unreliable detection should be dropped. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@hansjkoch.de> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Kernel driver max6650
Supported chips:
* Maxim 6650 / 6651
Prefix: 'max6650'
- Addresses scanned: I2C 0x1b, 0x1f, 0x48, 0x4b
+ Addresses scanned: none
Datasheet: http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6650-MAX6651.pdf
Authors:
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ fan1_div rw sets the speed range the inputs can handle. Legal
values are 1, 2, 4, and 8. Use lower values for
faster fans.
+Usage notes
+-----------
+
+This driver does not auto-detect devices. You will have to instantiate the
+devices explicitly. Please see Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices for
+details.
+
Module parameters
-----------------