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  • it87 7.09 KiB
    Kernel driver it87
    ==================
    
    Supported chips:
      * IT8705F
        Prefix: 'it87'
        Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
        Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8705F_V.0.4.1.pdf
      * IT8712F
        Prefix: 'it8712'
        Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
        Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8712F_V0.9.1.pdf
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/Errata%20V0.1%20for%20IT8712F%20V0.9.1.pdf
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8712F_V0.9.3.pdf
      * IT8716F/IT8726F
        Prefix: 'it8716'
        Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
        Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8716F_V0.3.ZIP
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8726F_V0.3.pdf
      * IT8718F
        Prefix: 'it8718'
        Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
        Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0.2.zip
                   http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0%203_(for%20C%20version).zip
      * IT8720F
        Prefix: 'it8720'
        Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
        Datasheet: Not yet publicly available.
      * SiS950   [clone of IT8705F]
        Prefix: 'it87'
        Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
        Datasheet: No longer be available
    
    Authors:
        Christophe Gauthron
        Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
    
    
    Module Parameters
    -----------------
    
    * update_vbat: int
    
      0 if vbat should report power on value, 1 if vbat should be updated after
      each read. Default is 0. On some boards the battery voltage is provided
      by either the battery or the onboard power supply. Only the first reading
      at power on will be the actual battery voltage (which the chip does
      automatically). On other boards the battery voltage is always fed to
      the chip so can be read at any time. Excessive reading may decrease
      battery life but no information is given in the datasheet.
    
    * fix_pwm_polarity int
    
      Force PWM polarity to active high (DANGEROUS). Some chips are
      misconfigured by BIOS - PWM values would be inverted. This option tries
      to fix this. Please contact your BIOS manufacturer and ask him for fix.
    
    
    Hardware Interfaces
    -------------------
    
    All the chips suported by this driver are LPC Super-I/O chips, accessed
    through the LPC bus (ISA-like I/O ports). The IT8712F additionally has an
    SMBus interface to the hardware monitoring functions. This driver no
    longer supports this interface though, as it is slower and less reliable
    than the ISA access, and was only available on a small number of
    motherboard models.
    
    
    Description
    -----------
    
    This driver implements support for the IT8705F, IT8712F, IT8716F,
    IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8726F and SiS950 chips.
    
    These chips are 'Super I/O chips', supporting floppy disks, infrared ports,
    joysticks and other miscellaneous stuff. For hardware monitoring, they
    include an 'environment controller' with 3 temperature sensors, 3 fan
    rotation speed sensors, 8 voltage sensors, and associated alarms.
    
    The IT8712F and IT8716F additionally feature VID inputs, used to report
    the Vcore voltage of the processor. The early IT8712F have 5 VID pins,
    the IT8716F and late IT8712F have 6. They are shared with other functions
    though, so the functionality may not be available on a given system.
    The driver dumbly assume it is there.
    
    The IT8718F and IT8720F also features VID inputs (up to 8 pins) but the value
    is stored in the Super-I/O configuration space. Due to technical limitations,
    this value can currently only be read once at initialization time, so
    the driver won't notice and report changes in the VID value. The two
    upper VID bits share their pins with voltage inputs (in5 and in6) so you
    can't have both on a given board.
    
    The IT8716F, IT8718F, IT8720F and later IT8712F revisions have support for
    2 additional fans. The additional fans are supported by the driver.
    
    The IT8716F, IT8718F and IT8720F, and late IT8712F and IT8705F also have
    optional 16-bit tachometer counters for fans 1 to 3. This is better (no more
    fan clock divider mess) but not compatible with the older chips and
    revisions. The 16-bit tachometer mode is enabled by the driver when one
    of the above chips is detected.
    
    The IT8726F is just bit enhanced IT8716F with additional hardware
    for AMD power sequencing. Therefore the chip will appear as IT8716F
    to userspace applications.
    
    Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. An alarm is triggered once
    when the Overtemperature Shutdown limit is crossed.
    
    Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is
    triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. When
    16-bit tachometer counters aren't used, fan readings can be divided by
    a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give the readings more range or
    accuracy. With a divider of 2, the lowest representable value is around
    2600 RPM. Not all RPM values can accurately be represented, so some rounding
    is done.
    
    Voltage sensors (also known as IN sensors) report their values in volts. An
    alarm is triggered if the voltage has crossed a programmable minimum or
    maximum limit. Note that minimum in this case always means 'closest to
    zero'; this is important for negative voltage measurements. All voltage
    inputs can measure voltages between 0 and 4.08 volts, with a resolution of
    0.016 volt. The battery voltage in8 does not have limit registers.
    
    The VID lines (IT8712F/IT8716F/IT8718F/IT8720F) encode the core voltage value:
    the voltage level your processor should work with. This is hardcoded by
    the mainboard and/or processor itself. It is a value in volts.
    
    If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register
    is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may already
    have disappeared! Note that in the current implementation, all hardware
    registers are read whenever any data is read (unless it is less than 1.5
    seconds since the last update). This means that you can easily miss
    once-only alarms.
    
    The IT87xx only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often
    will do no harm, but will return 'old' values.
    
    To change sensor N to a thermistor, 'echo 4 > tempN_type' where N is 1, 2,
    or 3. To change sensor N to a thermal diode, 'echo 3 > tempN_type'.
    Give 0 for unused sensor. Any other value is invalid. To configure this at
    startup, consult lm_sensors's /etc/sensors.conf. (4 = thermistor;
    3 = thermal diode)
    
    
    Fan speed control
    -----------------
    
    The fan speed control features are limited to manual PWM mode. Automatic
    "Smart Guardian" mode control handling is not implemented. However
    if you want to go for "manual mode" just write 1 to pwmN_enable.
    
    If you are only able to control the fan speed with very small PWM values,
    try lowering the PWM base frequency (pwm1_freq). Depending on the fan,
    it may give you a somewhat greater control range. The same frequency is
    used to drive all fan outputs, which is why pwm2_freq and pwm3_freq are
    read-only.