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Tip revision: 44597f65f6af3c692560a639f61d25398d13d1b6 authored by Linus Torvalds on 16 November 2006, 04:03:40 UTC
Linux 2.6.19-rc6
Tip revision: 44597f6
lm70
Kernel driver lm70
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Supported chip:
  * National Semiconductor LM70
    Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM70.html

Author:
        Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan@designergraphix.com>

Description
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This driver implements support for the National Semiconductor LM70
temperature sensor.

The LM70 temperature sensor chip supports a single temperature sensor.
It communicates with a host processor (or microcontroller) via an
SPI/Microwire Bus interface.

Communication with the LM70 is simple: when the temperature is to be sensed,
the driver accesses the LM70 using SPI communication: 16 SCLK cycles
comprise the MOSI/MISO loop. At the end of the transfer, the 11-bit 2's
complement digital temperature (sent via the SIO line), is available in the
driver for interpretation. This driver makes use of the kernel's in-core
SPI support.

Thanks to
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Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> for mentoring the hwmon-side driver
development.
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