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Message-Id: <20220124015658.687309-3-eugene.shalygin@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:56:44 +0100
From:   Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@...il.com>
To:     eugene.shalygin@...il.com
Cc:     andy.shevchenko@...il.com, pauk.denis@...il.com,
        oleksandr@...alenko.name, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [ASUS EC Sensors v8 2/3] hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) update documentation

Signed-off-by: Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst     | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_ec_sensors.rst | 38 ---------------
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_ec_sensors.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b12ac7ebeb1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+Kernel driver asus_ec_sensors
+=================================
+
+Supported boards:
+ * PRIME X570-PRO,
+ * Pro WS X570-ACE,
+ * ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO,
+ * ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA,
+ * ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO,
+ * ROG CROSSHAIR VIII IMPACT,
+ * ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING,
+ * ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING,
+ * ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING,
+ * ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING,
+ * ROG STRIX X570-I GAMING
+
+Authors:
+    - Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@...il.com>
+
+Description:
+------------
+ASUS mainboards publish hardware monitoring information via Super I/O
+chip and the ACPI embedded controller (EC) registers. Some of the sensors
+are only available via the EC.
+
+The driver is aware of and reads the following sensors:
+
+1. Chipset (PCH) temperature
+2. CPU package temperature
+3. Motherboard temperature
+4. Readings from the T_Sensor header
+5. VRM temperature
+6. CPU_Opt fan RPM
+7. VRM heatsink fan RPM
+8. Chipset fan RPM
+9. Readings from the "Water flow meter" header (RPM)
+10. Readings from the "Water In" and "Water Out" temperature headers
+11. CPU current
+
+Sensor values are read from EC registers, and to avoid race with the board
+firmware the driver acquires ACPI mutex, the one used by the WMI when its
+methods access the EC.
+
+Module Parameters
+-----------------
+ * mutex_path: string
+		The driver holds path to the ACPI mutex for each board (actually,
+		the path is mostly identical for them). If ASUS changes this path
+		in a future BIOS update, this parameter can be used to override
+		the stored in the driver value until it gets updated.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_ec_sensors.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_ec_sensors.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b287f229e86..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_ec_sensors.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-
-Kernel driver asus_wmi_ec_sensors
-=================================
-
-Supported boards:
- * PRIME X570-PRO,
- * Pro WS X570-ACE,
- * ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO,
- * ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA,
- * ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO,
- * ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING,
- * ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING,
- * ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING.
-
-Authors:
-    - Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@...il.com>
-
-Description:
-------------
-ASUS mainboards publish hardware monitoring information via Super I/O
-chip and the ACPI embedded controller (EC) registers. Some of the sensors
-are only available via the EC.
-
-ASUS WMI interface provides a method (BREC) to read data from EC registers,
-which is utilized by this driver to publish those sensor readings to the
-HWMON system. The driver is aware of and reads the following sensors:
-
-1. Chipset (PCH) temperature
-2. CPU package temperature
-3. Motherboard temperature
-4. Readings from the T_Sensor header
-5. VRM temperature
-6. CPU_Opt fan RPM
-7. Chipset fan RPM
-8. Readings from the "Water flow meter" header (RPM)
-9. Readings from the "Water In" and "Water Out" temperature headers
-10. CPU current
-- 
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