http://www.ite.com.tw/
* IT8712F
Prefix: 'it8712'
- Addresses scanned: I2C 0x2d
- from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
+ Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
http://www.ite.com.tw/
* IT8716F
Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8716F_V0.3.ZIP
+ * IT8718F
+ Prefix: 'it8718'
+ Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
+ Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
+ http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0.2.zip
+ http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0%203_(for%20C%20version).zip
* SiS950 [clone of IT8705F]
Prefix: 'it87'
Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
Datasheet: No longer be available
-Author: Christophe Gauthron <chrisg@0-in.com>
+Authors:
+ Christophe Gauthron <chrisg@0-in.com>
+ Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Module Parameters
misconfigured by BIOS - PWM values would be inverted. This option tries
to fix this. Please contact your BIOS manufacturer and ask him for fix.
+
+Hardware Interfaces
+-------------------
+
+All the chips suported by this driver are LPC Super-I/O chips, accessed
+through the LPC bus (ISA-like I/O ports). The IT8712F additionally has an
+SMBus interface to the hardware monitoring functions. This driver no
+longer supports this interface though, as it is slower and less reliable
+than the ISA access, and was only available on a small number of
+motherboard models.
+
+
Description
-----------
-This driver implements support for the IT8705F, IT8712F, IT8716F and
-SiS950 chips.
+This driver implements support for the IT8705F, IT8712F, IT8716F,
+IT8718F and SiS950 chips.
These chips are 'Super I/O chips', supporting floppy disks, infrared ports,
joysticks and other miscellaneous stuff. For hardware monitoring, they
though, so the functionality may not be available on a given system.
The driver dumbly assume it is there.
-The IT8716F and later IT8712F revisions have support for 2 additional
-fans. They are not yet supported by the driver.
+The IT8718F also features VID inputs (up to 8 pins) but the value is
+stored in the Super-I/O configuration space. Due to technical limitations,
+this value can currently only be read once at initialization time, so
+the driver won't notice and report changes in the VID value. The two
+upper VID bits share their pins with voltage inputs (in5 and in6) so you
+can't have both on a given board.
+
+The IT8716F, IT8718F and later IT8712F revisions have support for
+2 additional fans. They are not yet supported by the driver.
-The IT8716F and late IT8712F and IT8705F also have optional 16-bit
-tachometer counters for fans 1 to 3. This is better (no more fan
+The IT8716F and IT8718F, and late IT8712F and IT8705F also have optional
+16-bit tachometer counters for fans 1 to 3. This is better (no more fan
clock divider mess) but not compatible with the older chips and
revisions. For now, the driver only uses the 16-bit mode on the
-IT8716F.
+IT8716F and IT8718F.
Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. An alarm is triggered once
when the Overtemperature Shutdown limit is crossed.
inputs can measure voltages between 0 and 4.08 volts, with a resolution of
0.016 volt. The battery voltage in8 does not have limit registers.
-The VID lines (IT8712F/IT8716F) encode the core voltage value: the voltage
-level your processor should work with. This is hardcoded by the mainboard
-and/or processor itself. It is a value in volts.
+The VID lines (IT8712F/IT8716F/IT8718F) encode the core voltage value:
+the voltage level your processor should work with. This is hardcoded by
+the mainboard and/or processor itself. It is a value in volts.
If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register
is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may already
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