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Documentation for the coretemp driver. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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Kernel driver coretemp | ||
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Supported chips: | ||
* All Intel Core family | ||
Prefix: 'coretemp' | ||
CPUID: family 0x6, models 0xe, 0xf | ||
Datasheet: Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual | ||
Volume 3A: System Programming Guide | ||
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Author: Rudolf Marek | ||
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Description | ||
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This driver permits reading temperature sensor embedded inside Intel Core CPU. | ||
Temperature is measured in degrees Celsius and measurement resolution is | ||
1 degree C. Valid temperatures are from 0 to TjMax degrees C, because | ||
the actual value of temperature register is in fact a delta from TjMax. | ||
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Temperature known as TjMax is the maximum junction temperature of processor. | ||
Intel defines this temperature as 85C or 100C. At this temperature, protection | ||
mechanism will perform actions to forcibly cool down the processor. Alarm | ||
may be raised, if the temperature grows enough (more than TjMax) to trigger | ||
the Out-Of-Spec bit. Following table summarizes the exported sysfs files: | ||
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temp1_input - Core temperature (in millidegrees Celsius). | ||
temp1_crit - Maximum junction temperature (in millidegrees Celsius). | ||
temp1_crit_alarm - Set when Out-of-spec bit is set, never clears. | ||
Correct CPU operation is no longer guaranteed. | ||
temp1_label - Contains string "Core X", where X is processor | ||
number. | ||
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The TjMax temperature is set to 85 degrees C if undocumented model specific | ||
register (UMSR) 0xee has bit 30 set. If not the TjMax is 100 degrees C as | ||
(sometimes) documented in processor datasheet. |