diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 9bd5113b..7f81aa06 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ask CVS about it: If your make fails because it can't find , you forgot this step!!! File doc/FAQ: Many updates and additions + File doc/busses/i2c-sis5595: new File doc/chips/via686a: Claim support for 686b. File README.thinkpad: new File sensors.conf.eg: Adjust as99127f in5 (-12V) and temp2 calculations; diff --git a/doc/busses/i2c-sis5595 b/doc/busses/i2c-sis5595 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..76700745 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/busses/i2c-sis5595 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Kernel driver `i2c-sis5595.o' + +Status: Untested Alpha - may not work at all + +Supported adapters: + * Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. SiS5595 Southbridge + Datasheet: Publicly available at the Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. site. + +Author: Frodo Looijaard and + Mark D. Studebaker + +Module Parameters +----------------- + +force_addr=0xaddr Set the I/O base address. Useful for boards + that don't set the address in the BIOS. Does not do a + PCI force; the device must still be present in lspci. + Don't use this unless the driver complains that the + base address is not set. + Example: 'modprobe i2c-sis5595 force_addr=0x290' + + +Description +----------- + +i2c-sis5595 is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with the +SiS5595 southbridges. + +WARNING: If you are trying to access the integrated sensors on the +SiS5595 chip, you want the sis5595.o driver for those, not this driver. +This driver is a BUS driver, not a CHIP driver. +A BUS driver is used by other CHIP drivers to access chips on the bus. + +To install this driver, simply do + # modprobe i2c-sis5595 + +This driver is ALPHA!!! +Please send feedback to us at sensors@stimpy.netroedge.com.