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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/jc42 | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/Kconfig | 11 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 index 0e76ef12e4c6..2a0924003f92 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Supported chips: * JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensor chips Prefix: 'jc42' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1f - Datasheet: - + Datasheet: + http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/4_01_04R19.pdf Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> @@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ Author: Description ----------- -This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors. +This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors, +which are used on many DDR3 memory modules for mobile devices and servers. Some +systems use the sensor to prevent memory overheating by automatically throttling +the memory controller. + The driver auto-detects the chips listed above, but can be manually instantiated to support other JC 42.4 compliant chips. diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig index 773e484f1646..412339451a32 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig @@ -455,13 +455,14 @@ config SENSORS_JZ4740 called jz4740-hwmon. config SENSORS_JC42 - tristate "JEDEC JC42.4 compliant temperature sensors" + tristate "JEDEC JC42.4 compliant memory module temperature sensors" depends on I2C help - If you say yes here you get support for Jedec JC42.4 compliant - temperature sensors. Support will include, but not be limited to, - ADT7408, CAT34TS02,, CAT6095, MAX6604, MCP9805, MCP98242, MCP98243, - MCP9843, SE97, SE98, STTS424, TSE2002B3, and TS3000B3. + If you say yes here, you get support for JEDEC JC42.4 compliant + temperature sensors, which are used on many DDR3 memory modules for + mobile devices and servers. Support will include, but not be limited + to, ADT7408, CAT34TS02, CAT6095, MAX6604, MCP9805, MCP98242, MCP98243, + MCP9843, SE97, SE98, STTS424(E), TSE2002B3, and TS3000B3. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called jc42. |