linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: admin-guide: Update i8k driver name

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Date:   Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:37:06 +0100
From:   Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
To:     pali@...nel.org
Cc:     jdelvare@...e.com, linux@...ck-us.net, corbet@....net,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: admin-guide: Update i8k driver name

The driver should be called dell_smm_hwmon, i8k is only
an alias now.

Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 29 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2fba82431efb..cb1331f85444 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -935,6 +935,24 @@
 			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
 			retrying.

+	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
+			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
+                        indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
+                        hardware.
+
+        dell_smm_hwmon.force=
+			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
+			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
+			blacklisted features.
+
+        dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
+                        [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
+                        (disabled by default).
+
+        dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
+			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
+                        capability is set.
+
 	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
 			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
 			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
@@ -1694,17 +1712,6 @@

 	i810=		[HW,DRM]

-	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
-			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
-			hardware.
-	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
-			does not match list of supported models.
-	i8k.power_status
-			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
-			(disabled by default)
-	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
-			capability is set.
-
 	i915.invert_brightness=
 			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
 			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
--
2.30.2