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

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Date:   Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:45:26 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Kun Yi <kunyi@...gle.com>
Cc:     jdelvare@...e.com, robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        supreeth.venkatesh@....com, openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux hwmon-next v5 2/3] hwmon: (sbtsi) Add documentation

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@...gle.com>

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@...gle.com>
> +
> +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.