Re: [PATCH linux hwmon-next v5 2/3] hwmon: (sbtsi) Add documentation

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Sat Dec 12 2020 - 11:46:54 EST


On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 01:54:26PM -0800, Kun Yi wrote:
> Document the SB-TSI sensor interface driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kun Yi <kunyi@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied. Note that I added the SPDX identifier to match
the one used in the source file.

Guenter

> ---
> Documentation/hwmon/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> index fd6fae46b99c..509fb3bcafb2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ Hardware Monitoring Kernel Drivers
> pxe1610
> pwm-fan
> raspberrypi-hwmon
> + sbtsi_temp
> sch5627
> sch5636
> scpi-hwmon
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..9f0f197c8aa2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
> +Kernel driver sbtsi_temp
> +==================
> +
> +Supported hardware:
> +
> + * Sideband interface (SBI) Temperature Sensor Interface (SB-TSI)
> + compliant AMD SoC temperature device.
> +
> + Prefix: 'sbtsi_temp'
> +
> + Addresses scanned: This driver doesn't support address scanning.
> +
> + To instantiate this driver on an AMD CPU with SB-TSI
> + support, the i2c bus number would be the bus connected from the board
> + management controller (BMC) to the CPU. The i2c address is specified in
> + Section 6.3.1 of the SoC register reference: The SB-TSI address is normally
> + 98h for socket 0 and 90h for socket 1, but it could vary based on hardware
> + address select pins.
> +
> + Datasheet: The SB-TSI interface and protocol is available as part of
> + the open source SoC register reference at:
> +
> + https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/56255_OSRR.pdf
> +
> + The Advanced Platform Management Link (APML) Specification is
> + available at:
> +
> + http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/41918.pdf
> +
> +Author: Kun Yi <kunyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +Description
> +-----------
> +
> +The SBI temperature sensor interface (SB-TSI) is an emulation of the software
> +and physical interface of a typical 8-pin remote temperature sensor (RTS) on
> +AMD SoCs. It implements one temperature sensor with readings and limit
> +registers encode the temperature in increments of 0.125 from 0 to 255.875.
> +Limits can be set through the writable thresholds, and if reached will trigger
> +corresponding alert signals.