kernel_optimize_test/Documentation/hwmon/ibmpowernv
Shilpasri G Bhat e0da99123f hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Add attributes to enable/disable sensor groups
OPAL firmware provides the facility for some groups of sensors to be
enabled/disabled at runtime to give the user the option of using the
system resources for collecting these sensors or not.

For example, on POWER9 systems, the On Chip Controller (OCC) gathers
various system and chip level sensors and maintains their values in
main memory.

This patch provides support for enabling/disabling the sensor groups
like power, temperature, current and voltage.

Signed-off-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com: Commit message]
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
2018-07-31 19:56:45 +10:00

81 lines
2.8 KiB
Plaintext

Kernel Driver IBMPOWERNV
========================
Supported systems:
* Any recent IBM P servers based on POWERNV platform
Author: Neelesh Gupta
Description
-----------
This driver implements reading the platform sensors data like temperature/fan/
voltage/power for 'POWERNV' platform.
The driver uses the platform device infrastructure. It probes the device tree
for sensor devices during the __init phase and registers them with the 'hwmon'.
'hwmon' populates the 'sysfs' tree having attribute files, each for a given
sensor type and its attribute data.
All the nodes in the DT appear under "/ibm,opal/sensors" and each valid node in
the DT maps to an attribute file in 'sysfs'. The node exports unique 'sensor-id'
which the driver uses to make an OPAL call to the firmware.
Usage notes
-----------
The driver is built statically with the kernel by enabling the config
CONFIG_SENSORS_IBMPOWERNV. It can also be built as module 'ibmpowernv'.
Sysfs attributes
----------------
fanX_input Measured RPM value.
fanX_min Threshold RPM for alert generation.
fanX_fault 0: No fail condition
1: Failing fan
tempX_input Measured ambient temperature.
tempX_max Threshold ambient temperature for alert generation.
tempX_highest Historical maximum temperature
tempX_lowest Historical minimum temperature
tempX_enable Enable/disable all temperature sensors belonging to the
sub-group. In POWER9, this attribute corresponds to
each OCC. Using this attribute each OCC can be asked to
disable/enable all of its temperature sensors.
1: Enable
0: Disable
inX_input Measured power supply voltage (millivolt)
inX_fault 0: No fail condition.
1: Failing power supply.
inX_highest Historical maximum voltage
inX_lowest Historical minimum voltage
inX_enable Enable/disable all voltage sensors belonging to the
sub-group. In POWER9, this attribute corresponds to
each OCC. Using this attribute each OCC can be asked to
disable/enable all of its voltage sensors.
1: Enable
0: Disable
powerX_input Power consumption (microWatt)
powerX_input_highest Historical maximum power
powerX_input_lowest Historical minimum power
powerX_enable Enable/disable all power sensors belonging to the
sub-group. In POWER9, this attribute corresponds to
each OCC. Using this attribute each OCC can be asked to
disable/enable all of its power sensors.
1: Enable
0: Disable
currX_input Measured current (milliampere)
currX_highest Historical maximum current
currX_lowest Historical minimum current
currX_enable Enable/disable all current sensors belonging to the
sub-group. In POWER9, this attribute corresponds to
each OCC. Using this attribute each OCC can be asked to
disable/enable all of its current sensors.
1: Enable
0: Disable
energyX_input Cumulative energy (microJoule)