| Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space |
| Datasheet: Application Note available upon request |
| Author: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> |
| SMSC SCH5627 Super I/O chips include complete hardware monitoring |
| capabilities. They can monitor up to 5 voltages, 4 fans and 8 temperatures. |
| The SMSC SCH5627 hardware monitoring part also contains an integrated |
| watchdog. In order for this watchdog to function some motherboard specific |
| initialization most be done by the BIOS, so if the watchdog is not enabled |
| by the BIOS the sch5627 driver will not register a watchdog device. |
| The hardware monitoring part of the SMSC SCH5627 is accessed by talking |
| through an embedded microcontroller. An application note describing the |
| protocol for communicating with the microcontroller is available upon |
| request. Please mail me if you want a copy. |