Commit 5aeb5d20 authored by Huang Rui's avatar Huang Rui Committed by Guenter Roeck
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hwmon: (fam15h_power) Add documentation for new processors support



This patch updates description of fam15h_power driver, its scope is
extended to family 16h processsors.

Signed-off-by: default avatarHuang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ Kernel driver fam15h_power

Supported chips:
* AMD Family 15h Processors
* AMD Family 16h Processors

  Prefix: 'fam15h_power'
  Addresses scanned: PCI space
  Datasheets:
  BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors
    (not yet published)
  BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 16h Processors

Author: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>

@@ -16,10 +17,11 @@ Description
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This driver permits reading of registers providing power information
of AMD Family 15h processors.
of AMD Family 15h and 16h processors.

For AMD Family 15h processors the following power values can be
calculated using different processor northbridge function registers:
For AMD Family 15h and 16h processors the following power values can
be calculated using different processor northbridge function
registers:

* BasePwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
  consumed by the processor for NB and logic external to the core.