Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:37:59 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
To: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Adding critical/fault limits to hwmon sysfs API
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Hi,

the current hwmon sysfs API does not specify critical or fault limits for voltage
and current readings.

Many recent power controller/monitoring chips have support for such limits in addition
to alarm limits. Typical action, when a the critical or fault limit is reached,
may be a board reset or power shutdown, or to report the fault condition.

Examples for chips supporting critical/fault limits are SMM665 and variants as well
as many PMBus devices, such as MAX8688, MAX16064, LTC2978, and others.

I think it would make sense to add critical/fault limits to the hwmon sysfs API,
to be able to report those limits if supported by a chip.

Any thoughts on this ?

Thanks,
Guenter

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