Changeset 4374

Timestamp:

04/20/07 15:36:43 (6 years ago)

Author:

khali

Message:

sensors.conf.8: Update the chip statement section.
* Drop outdated reference to /proc/sys/dev/sensors
* Bus type can be pci
* Make the examples more realistic

Location:

lm-sensors/branches/lm-sensors-3.0.0

Files:

• CHANGES (modified) (1 diff)
• lib/sensors.conf.5 (modified) (7 diffs)

lm-sensors/branches/lm-sensors-3.0.0/CHANGES

@@ -6 +6 @@
   Library: Clean up pwm symbol names translation
            Add dme1737 support
+  Man page sensors.conf.5: Update the chip statement section
   Program isadump: Detect when address bit 7 is a busy flag
   Program rrd: Support only hwmon class devices

lm-sensors/branches/lm-sensors-3.0.0/lib/sensors.conf.5

@@ -24 +24 @@
 .\" References consulted:
 .\"     sensors.conf.eg by Frodo Looijaard
-.TH sensors.conf 5  "October 2006" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH sensors.conf 5  "April 2007" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 sensors.conf \- libsensors configuration file
@@ -169 +169 @@
 
 .RS
-chip "lm78\-*" "*\-isa\-*" "*\-i2c\-3"
+chip "lm78\-*" "lm79\-*"
 .RE
 
@@ -192 +192 @@
 dashes. To complicate matters, sometimes an element can also contain
 dashes. This complicates the parsing algorithm, but is not too confusing
-for humans (we hope!). The chip descriptions are equal to those
-appearing in
-.IR /proc/sys/dev/sensors ,
-but may contain the 
-.I *
-wildcard.
+for humans (we hope!).
 
 The first element is the name of the chip type. Sometimes a single driver
@@ -206 +201 @@
 
 The second element is the name of the bus. This is either
-.I isa
+.IR isa ,
+.I pci
 or
 .IR i2c-N ,
@@ -216 +212 @@
 .I *
 for this element, or only for the number of the I2C bus
-(which means 'any non-ISA bus').
-
-The third element is the hexadecimal address. This is a number between 0 and
-ffff for the ISA bus, and between 0 and 7f for an I2C bus. You may substitute
+(which means 'any I2C bus').
+
+The third element is the hexadecimal address of the chip. The valid range
+depends on the bus type. You may substitute
 the wildcard operator
 .I *
@@ -228 +224 @@
 second element. The following are all valid chip type specification based
 on 
-.I lm78\-i2c\-10\-5e
+.I lm78\-i2c\-1\-2d
 or
-.IR lm78\-isa\-10dd :
-
-.RS
-lm78\-i2c\-10\-5e     
-.sp 0
-lm78\-i2c\-10\-*     
-.sp 0
-lm78\-i2c\-*\-5e    
-.sp 0
-lm78\-i2c\-*\-*    
-.sp 0
-lm78\-isa\-10dd  
+.IR lm78\-isa\-0290 :
+
+.RS
+lm78\-i2c\-1\-2d
+.sp 0
+lm78\-i2c\-1\-*
+.sp 0
+lm78\-i2c\-*\-2d
+.sp 0
+lm78\-i2c\-*\-*
+.sp 0
+lm78\-isa\-0290
 .sp 0
 lm78\-isa\-*    
@@ -247 +243 @@
 lm78\-*       
 .sp 0
-*\-i2c\-10\-5e
-.sp 0
-*\-i2c\-10\-*
-.sp 0
-*\-i2c\-*\-5e
+*\-i2c\-1\-2d
+.sp 0
+*\-i2c\-1\-*
+.sp 0
+*\-i2c\-*\-2d
 .sp 0
 *\-i2c-*\-*
 .sp 0
-*\-isa\-10dd
+*\-isa\-0290
 .sp 0
 *\-isa\-*