| Kernel driver sch5627 | 
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 | Supported chips: | 
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 |   * SMSC SCH5627 | 
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 |     Prefix: 'sch5627' | 
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 |     Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space | 
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 |     Datasheet: Application Note available upon request | 
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 | Author: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> | 
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 | Description | 
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 | SMSC SCH5627 Super I/O chips include complete hardware monitoring | 
 | capabilities. They can monitor up to 5 voltages, 4 fans and 8 temperatures. | 
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 | The SMSC SCH5627 hardware monitoring part also contains an integrated | 
 | watchdog. In order for this watchdog to function some motherboard specific | 
 | initialization most be done by the BIOS, so if the watchdog is not enabled | 
 | by the BIOS the sch5627 driver will not register a watchdog device. | 
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 | The hardware monitoring part of the SMSC SCH5627 is accessed by talking | 
 | through an embedded microcontroller. An application note describing the | 
 | protocol for communicating with the microcontroller is available upon | 
 | request. Please mail me if you want a copy. |