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Message-ID: <20210423142844.GA136288@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Fri, 23 Apr 2021 07:28:44 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Quan Nguyen <quan@...amperecomputing.com>
Cc:     Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Open Source Submission <patches@...erecomputing.com>,
        Phong Vo <phong@...amperecomputing.com>,
        "Thang Q . Nguyen" <thang@...amperecomputing.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] docs: hwmon: (smpro-hwmon) Add documentation

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 04:08:43PM +0700, Quan Nguyen wrote:
> Add documentation for the Ampere(R)'s Altra(R) SMpro hwmon driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thu Nguyen <thu@...amperecomputing.com>
> Signed-off-by: Quan Nguyen <quan@...amperecomputing.com>
> ---

For my reference:

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Guenter

> Changes in v4:
>   + None
> 
> Changes in v3:
>   + None
> 
> Changes in v2:
>   + Removed "virtual" sensors [Guenter]
>   + Fixed typo "mili" to "milli", "nanoWatt" to "microWatt" [Guenter]
>   + Reported SOC_TDP as "Socket TDP" using max attributes [Guenter]
>   + Clarified "highest" meaning in documentation [Guenter]
>   + Reported MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs as temp*_crit [Guenter]
>   + Removed Socket TDP sensor [Quan]
>   + Included sensor type and channel in labels [Quan]
> 
>  Documentation/hwmon/index.rst       |   1 +
>  Documentation/hwmon/smpro-hwmon.rst | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 102 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/smpro-hwmon.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> index 48bfa7887dd4..3e3631b253b6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> @@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ Hardware Monitoring Kernel Drivers
>     sis5595
>     sl28cpld
>     smm665
> +   smpro-hwmon
>     smsc47b397
>     smsc47m192
>     smsc47m1
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/smpro-hwmon.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/smpro-hwmon.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f978b1370e16
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/smpro-hwmon.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
> +Kernel driver Ampere(R)'s Altra(R) SMpro hwmon
> +==============================================
> +
> +Supported chips:
> +
> +  * Ampere(R) Altra(R)
> +
> +    Prefix: 'smpro'
> +
> +    Reference: Altra SoC BMC Interface Specification
> +
> +Author: Thu Nguyen <thu@...amperecomputing.com>
> +
> +Description
> +-----------
> +This driver supports hardware monitoring for Ampere(R) Altra(R) SoC's based on the
> +SMpro co-processor (SMpro).
> +The following sensor types are supported by the driver:
> +
> +  * temperature
> +  * voltage
> +  * current
> +  * power
> +
> +The SMpro interface provides the registers to query the various sensors and
> +their values which are then exported to userspace by this driver.
> +
> +Usage Notes
> +-----------
> +
> +SMpro hwmon driver creates at least two sysfs files for each sensor.
> +
> +* File ``<sensor_type><idx>_label`` reports the sensor label.
> +* File ``<sensor_type><idx>_input`` returns the sensor value.
> +
> +The sysfs files are allocated in the SMpro root fs folder.
> +There is one root folder for each SMpro instance.
> +
> +When the SoC is turned off, the driver will fail to read registers
> +and return -ENXIO.
> +
> +Sysfs entries
> +-------------
> +
> +The following sysfs files are supported:
> +
> +* Ampere(R) Altra(R):
> +
> +============    =============   ======  ===============================================
> +Name            Unit            Perm    Description
> +temp1_input     milli Celsius   RO      SoC temperature
> +temp2_input     milli Celsius   RO      Max temperature reported among SoC VRDs
> +temp2_crit      milli Celsius   RO      SoC VRD HOT Threshold temperature
> +temp3_input     milli Celsius   RO      Max temperature reported among DIMM VRDs
> +temp4_input     milli Celsius   RO      Max temperature reported among Core VRDs
> +temp5_input     milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH0
> +temp5_crit      milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp6_input     milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH1
> +temp6_crit      milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp7_input     milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH2
> +temp7_crit      milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp8_input     milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH3
> +temp8_crit      milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp9_input     milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH4
> +temp9_crit      milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp10_input    milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH5
> +temp10_crit     milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp11_input    milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH6
> +temp11_crit     milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp12_input    milli Celsius   RO      Temperature of DIMM0 on CH7
> +temp12_crit     milli Celsius   RO      MEM HOT Threshold for all DIMMs
> +temp13_input    milli Celsius   RO      Max temperature reported among RCA VRDs
> +in0_input       milli Volts     RO      Core voltage
> +in1_input       milli Volts     RO      SoC voltage
> +in2_input       milli Volts     RO      DIMM VRD1 voltage
> +in3_input       milli Volts     RO      DIMM VRD2 voltage
> +in4_input       milli Volts     RO      RCA VRD voltage
> +cur1_input      milli Amperes   RO      Core VRD current
> +cur2_input      milli Amperes   RO      SoC VRD current
> +cur3_input      milli Amperes   RO      DIMM VRD1 current
> +cur4_input      milli Amperes   RO      DIMM VRD2 current
> +cur5_input      milli Amperes   RO      RCA VRD current
> +power1_input    micro Watts     RO      Core VRD power
> +power2_input    micro Watts     RO      SoC VRD power
> +power3_input    micro Watts     RO      DIMM VRD1 power
> +power4_input    micro Watts     RO      DIMM VRD2 power
> +power5_input    micro Watts     RO      RCA VRD power
> +============    =============   ======  ===============================================
> +
> +Example::
> +
> +    # cat in0_input
> +    830
> +    # cat temp1_input
> +    37000
> +    # cat curr1_input
> +    9000
> +    # cat power5_input
> +    19500000