linux-kernel - [PATCH/RFC 4/4] hwmon: sysfs API updates

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Message-ID: <1277762214-15155-5-git-send-email-guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:56:54 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Ira W. Snyder" <iws@...o.caltech.edu>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>,
	"Ben Dooks (embedded platforms)" <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Crane Cai <crane.cai@....com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
CC:	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
Subject: [PATCH/RFC 4/4] hwmon: sysfs API updates

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
---
 Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
index d4e2917..b183d94 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
@@ -421,11 +421,12 @@ power[1-*]_accuracy		Accuracy of the power meter.
 				Unit: Percent
 				RO
 
-power[1-*]_alarm		1 if the system is drawing more power than the
-				cap allows; 0 otherwise.  A poll notification is
-				sent to this file when the power use exceeds the
-				cap.  This file only appears if the cap is known
-				to be enforced by hardware.
+power[1-*]_alarm		1 if the system is drawing more power than cap
+				or max allows; 0 otherwise.  A poll notification
+				is sent to this file when the power use exceeds
+				the cap or max limit. If only cap is supported,
+				this file only appears if the cap is known to be
+				enforced by hardware.
 				RO
 
 power[1-*]_cap			If power use rises above this limit, the
@@ -450,6 +451,18 @@ power[1-*]_cap_min		Minimum cap that can be set.
 				Unit: microWatt
 				RO
 
+power[1-*]_max			Maximum power.
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RW
+
+power[1-*]_crit			Critical maximum power.
+				If power rises to or above this limit, the
+				system will take drastic action to reduce power
+				consumption, such as a system shutdown. At the
+				very least, a power fault will be generated.
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RO
+
 **********
 * Energy *
 **********
@@ -471,6 +484,7 @@ limit-related alarms, not both. The driver should just reflect the hardware
 implementation.
 
 in[0-*]_alarm
+power[1-*]_alarm
 fan[1-*]_alarm
 temp[1-*]_alarm
 		Channel alarm
@@ -482,6 +496,8 @@ OR
 
 in[0-*]_min_alarm
 in[0-*]_max_alarm
+power[1-*]_min_alarm
+power[1-*]_max_alarm
 fan[1-*]_min_alarm
 fan[1-*]_max_alarm
 temp[1-*]_min_alarm
@@ -498,6 +514,7 @@ supports it. When this boolean has value 1, the measurement for that
 channel should not be trusted.
 
 in[0-*]_fault
+power[1-*]_fault
 fan[1-*]_fault
 temp[1-*]_fault
 		Input fault condition
-- 
1.7.0.87.g0901d

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