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Tip revision: c420bc9f09a0926b708c3edb27eacba434a4f4ba authored by Linus Torvalds on 26 May 2007, 02:55:14 UTC
Linux 2.6.22-rc3
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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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