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1Kernel driver lm70
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4Supported chips:
5
6  * National Semiconductor LM70
7
8    Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM70.html
9
10  * Texas Instruments TMP121/TMP123
11
12    Information: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tmp121.html
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14  * Texas Instruments TMP122/TMP124
15
16    Information: https://www.ti.com/product/tmp122
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18  * National Semiconductor LM71
19
20    Datasheet: https://www.ti.com/product/LM71
21
22  * National Semiconductor LM74
23
24    Datasheet: https://www.ti.com/product/LM74
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26
27Author:
28	Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan@designergraphix.com>
29
30Description
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32
33This driver implements support for the National Semiconductor LM70
34temperature sensor.
35
36The LM70 temperature sensor chip supports a single temperature sensor.
37It communicates with a host processor (or microcontroller) via an
38SPI/Microwire Bus interface.
39
40Communication with the LM70 is simple: when the temperature is to be sensed,
41the driver accesses the LM70 using SPI communication: 16 SCLK cycles
42comprise the MOSI/MISO loop. At the end of the transfer, the 11-bit 2's
43complement digital temperature (sent via the SIO line), is available in the
44driver for interpretation. This driver makes use of the kernel's in-core
45SPI support.
46
47As a real (in-tree) example of this "SPI protocol driver" interfacing
48with a "SPI master controller driver", see drivers/spi/spi_lm70llp.c
49and its associated documentation.
50
51The LM74 and TMP121/TMP122/TMP123/TMP124 are very similar; main difference is
5213-bit temperature data (0.0625 degrees celsius resolution).
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54The TMP122/TMP124 also feature configurable temperature thresholds.
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56The LM71 is also very similar; main difference is 14-bit temperature
57data (0.03125 degrees celsius resolution).
58
59Thanks to
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61Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> for mentoring the hwmon-side driver
62development.
63