7 Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
8 Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
12 Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
13 Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
14 http://www.ite.com.tw/
17 Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
18 Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
19 http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8716F_V0.3.ZIP
20 http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8726F_V0.3.pdf
23 Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
24 Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
25 http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0.2.zip
26 http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0%203_(for%20C%20version).zip
27 * SiS950 [clone of IT8705F]
29 Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
30 Datasheet: No longer be available
34 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
42 0 if vbat should report power on value, 1 if vbat should be updated after
43 each read. Default is 0. On some boards the battery voltage is provided
44 by either the battery or the onboard power supply. Only the first reading
45 at power on will be the actual battery voltage (which the chip does
46 automatically). On other boards the battery voltage is always fed to
47 the chip so can be read at any time. Excessive reading may decrease
48 battery life but no information is given in the datasheet.
50 * fix_pwm_polarity int
52 Force PWM polarity to active high (DANGEROUS). Some chips are
53 misconfigured by BIOS - PWM values would be inverted. This option tries
54 to fix this. Please contact your BIOS manufacturer and ask him for fix.
60 All the chips suported by this driver are LPC Super-I/O chips, accessed
61 through the LPC bus (ISA-like I/O ports). The IT8712F additionally has an
62 SMBus interface to the hardware monitoring functions. This driver no
63 longer supports this interface though, as it is slower and less reliable
64 than the ISA access, and was only available on a small number of
71 This driver implements support for the IT8705F, IT8712F, IT8716F,
72 IT8718F, IT8726F and SiS950 chips.
74 These chips are 'Super I/O chips', supporting floppy disks, infrared ports,
75 joysticks and other miscellaneous stuff. For hardware monitoring, they
76 include an 'environment controller' with 3 temperature sensors, 3 fan
77 rotation speed sensors, 8 voltage sensors, and associated alarms.
79 The IT8712F and IT8716F additionally feature VID inputs, used to report
80 the Vcore voltage of the processor. The early IT8712F have 5 VID pins,
81 the IT8716F and late IT8712F have 6. They are shared with other functions
82 though, so the functionality may not be available on a given system.
83 The driver dumbly assume it is there.
85 The IT8718F also features VID inputs (up to 8 pins) but the value is
86 stored in the Super-I/O configuration space. Due to technical limitations,
87 this value can currently only be read once at initialization time, so
88 the driver won't notice and report changes in the VID value. The two
89 upper VID bits share their pins with voltage inputs (in5 and in6) so you
90 can't have both on a given board.
92 The IT8716F, IT8718F and later IT8712F revisions have support for
93 2 additional fans. They are supported by the driver for the IT8716F and
94 IT8718F but not for the IT8712F
96 The IT8716F and IT8718F, and late IT8712F and IT8705F also have optional
97 16-bit tachometer counters for fans 1 to 3. This is better (no more fan
98 clock divider mess) but not compatible with the older chips and
99 revisions. For now, the driver only uses the 16-bit mode on the
102 The IT8726F is just bit enhanced IT8716F with additional hardware
103 for AMD power sequencing. Therefore the chip will appear as IT8716F
104 to userspace applications.
106 Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. An alarm is triggered once
107 when the Overtemperature Shutdown limit is crossed.
109 Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is
110 triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. When
111 16-bit tachometer counters aren't used, fan readings can be divided by
112 a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give the readings more range or
113 accuracy. With a divider of 2, the lowest representable value is around
114 2600 RPM. Not all RPM values can accurately be represented, so some rounding
117 Voltage sensors (also known as IN sensors) report their values in volts. An
118 alarm is triggered if the voltage has crossed a programmable minimum or
119 maximum limit. Note that minimum in this case always means 'closest to
120 zero'; this is important for negative voltage measurements. All voltage
121 inputs can measure voltages between 0 and 4.08 volts, with a resolution of
122 0.016 volt. The battery voltage in8 does not have limit registers.
124 The VID lines (IT8712F/IT8716F/IT8718F) encode the core voltage value:
125 the voltage level your processor should work with. This is hardcoded by
126 the mainboard and/or processor itself. It is a value in volts.
128 If an alarm triggers, it will remain triggered until the hardware register
129 is read at least once. This means that the cause for the alarm may already
130 have disappeared! Note that in the current implementation, all hardware
131 registers are read whenever any data is read (unless it is less than 1.5
132 seconds since the last update). This means that you can easily miss
135 The IT87xx only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often
136 will do no harm, but will return 'old' values.
138 To change sensor N to a thermistor, 'echo 2 > tempN_type' where N is 1, 2,
139 or 3. To change sensor N to a thermal diode, 'echo 3 > tempN_type'.
140 Give 0 for unused sensor. Any other value is invalid. To configure this at
141 startup, consult lm_sensors's /etc/sensors.conf. (2 = thermistor;
148 The fan speed control features are limited to manual PWM mode. Automatic
149 "Smart Guardian" mode control handling is not implemented. However
150 if you want to go for "manual mode" just write 1 to pwmN_enable.
152 If you are only able to control the fan speed with very small PWM values,
153 try lowering the PWM base frequency (pwm1_freq). Depending on the fan,
154 it may give you a somewhat greater control range. The same frequency is
155 used to drive all fan outputs, which is why pwm2_freq and pwm3_freq are