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[PATCH] HWMON: Improve the help text for CONFIG_HWMON 

Improve the help text for CONFIG_HWMON to let the users know how they
pick the right hardware monitoring driver(s) for their system.

Also fix a couple typos in the related documentation file and improve
some parts a bit.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Jean Delvare 2006-04-25 14:23:01 +02:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 114cc0c0c1
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Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools
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@ -6,31 +6,32 @@ voltages, fans speed). They are often connected through an I2C bus, but some
are also connected directly through the ISA bus.
The kernel drivers make the data from the sensor chips available in the /sys
virtual filesystem. Userspace tools are then used to display or set or the
data in a more friendly manner.
virtual filesystem. Userspace tools are then used to display the measured
values or configure the chips in a more friendly manner.
Lm-sensors
----------
Core set of utilites that will allow you to obtain health information,
Core set of utilities that will allow you to obtain health information,
setup monitoring limits etc. You can get them on their homepage
http://www.lm-sensors.nu/ or as a package from your Linux distribution.
If from website:
Get lmsensors from project web site. Please note, you need only userspace
part, so compile with "make user_install" target.
Get lm-sensors from project web site. Please note, you need only userspace
part, so compile with "make user" and install with "make user_install".
General hints to get things working:
0) get lm-sensors userspace utils
1) compile all drivers in I2C section as modules in your kernel
1) compile all drivers in I2C and Hardware Monitoring sections as modules
in your kernel
2) run sensors-detect script, it will tell you what modules you need to load.
3) load them and run "sensors" command, you should see some results.
4) fix sensors.conf, labels, limits, fan divisors
5) if any more problems consult FAQ, or documentation
Other utilites
--------------
Other utilities
---------------
If you want some graphical indicators of system health look for applications
like: gkrellm, ksensors, xsensors, wmtemp, wmsensors, wmgtemp, ksysguardd,

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drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
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@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ config HWMON
should say Y here and also to the specific driver(s) for your
sensors chip(s) below.
To find out which specific driver(s) you need, use the
sensors-detect script from the lm_sensors package. Read
<file:Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools> for details.
This support can also be built as a module. If so, the module
will be called hwmon.