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authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>2007-06-27 21:26:08 +0200
committerMark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>2007-07-19 14:22:16 -0400
commit875f25d5f553f7cf3e6a59c50b32e5fc06442945 (patch)
treea64c1ae5391df7c926d56a2c963eb155fbd893d4 /Documentation
parent90205c6cbb8fd9880bf798903a99f5b8903455e2 (diff)
downloadlinux-875f25d5f553f7cf3e6a59c50b32e5fc06442945.tar.gz
hwmon: Improve the pwmN_enable documentation
The documentation of the pwmN_enable interface file is not very clear,
and has been confusing several driver authors already. Make it clearer.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
index d131a56e52f8..b3a9e1b9dbda 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
@@ -172,11 +172,10 @@ pwm[1-*]	Pulse width modulation fan control.
 		255 is max or 100%.
 
 pwm[1-*]_enable
-		Switch PWM on and off.
-		Not always present even if pwmN is.
-		0: turn off
-		1: turn on in manual mode
-		2+: turn on in automatic mode
+		Fan speed control method:
+		0: no fan speed control (i.e. fan at full speed)
+		1: manual fan speed control enabled (using pwm[1-*])
+		2+: automatic fan speed control enabled
 		Check individual chip documentation files for automatic mode
 		details.
 		RW