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author | Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> | 2010-11-16 10:09:42 +0100 |
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committer | Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> | 2010-11-16 10:09:42 +0100 |
commit | a02056349cdea2252cd2b21643ebf025e83a29f2 (patch) | |
tree | b7c889d6cbe8e7188d07d99a5c9da858c53a5b6c /Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 | |
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parent | e53beacd23d9cb47590da6a7a7f6d417b941a994 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'v2.6.37-rc2' into for-2.6.38/core
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 index e76a7892f68e..ac020b3bb7b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Kernel driver pcf8591 Supported chips: * Philips/NXP PCF8591 Prefix: 'pcf8591' - Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 - 0x4f + Addresses scanned: none Datasheet: Publicly available at the NXP website http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8591_6.html @@ -58,18 +58,16 @@ Module parameters Accessing PCF8591 via /sys interface ------------------------------------- -! Be careful ! -The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Stupid chip. -So every chip with address in the interval [0x48..0x4f] is -detected as PCF8591. If you have other chips in this address -range, the workaround is to load this module after the one -for your others chips. +The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Thus the driver won't even +try. You have to explicitly instantiate the device at the relevant +address (in the interval [0x48..0x4f]) either through platform data, or +using the sysfs interface. See Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices +for details. -On detection (i.e. insmod, modprobe et al.), directories are being -created for each detected PCF8591: +Directories are being created for each instantiated PCF8591: /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/ -where <0> is the bus the chip was detected on (e. g. i2c-0) +where <0> is the bus the chip is connected to (e. g. i2c-0) and <1> the chip address ([48..4f]) Inside these directories, there are such files: |