Re: Units for measurements and page 1 temperature for LTM4676A

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On 05/16/2018 02:39 PM, Rail Shafigulin wrote:
My team is working on a custom board. We have LTM4676A on it. I'm trying to understand what are the units of measurement for a given register. For example:

root@custom-board:/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0044/hwmon/hwmon2# ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Apr 12 07:51 device -> ../../../1-0044
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_crit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_highest
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_lowest
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_min
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_min_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in1_reset_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_crit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_highest
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_lcrit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_lcrit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_min
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_min_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in2_reset_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_crit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_highest
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_lcrit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_lcrit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_min
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_min_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in3_reset_history
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in4_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in4_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in4_reset_history
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in5_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in5_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in5_reset_history
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in6_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in6_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in6_reset_history
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in7_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in7_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in7_reset_history
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in8_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in8_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in8_reset_history
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in9_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in9_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 in9_reset_history
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:51 name
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 12 07:51 power
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Apr 12 07:51 subsystem -> ../../../../../../../../class/hwmon
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:50 temp1_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:50 temp1_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:50 temp1_input
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:50 temp1_lcrit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:50 temp1_lcrit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:50 temp1_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:50 temp1_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 07:49 uevent

root@custom-board:/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0044/hwmon/hwmon2# cat name
ltm4676

root@custom-board:/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0044/hwmon/hwmon2# cat in1_label
vin

root@custom-board:/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0044/hwmon/hwmon2# cat in1_input
11953

root@custom-board:/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0044/hwmon/hwmon2# cat temp1_input
40937


What are the units of in1_input and temp1_input? Are those milli-volts (10^-3 V) and milli-celcius (10^-3 C)? Or these are raw values and I need to do a conversion?


Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface. Are the units listed
there ambiguous ?

The values are values as measured by the chip on the chip's input pins.

The output above is completely messed up. The chip doesn't have 9
voltage sensors. I have no idea how such output would be possible,
unless this is a different chip. An interesting detail is that the
output below (which looks at least almost ok) is from i2c address
0x41, while the output above is from i2c address 0x44, both on the
same bus. So, whatever the chips are, the output is not from the
same chip. This makes it quite difficult to compare.

Guenter

LTM4676A and LTM4676 have 2 pages for reporting READ_TEMPERATURE_1 register. How do I change a page value? The LTM4676 driver also doesn't seem to be aware that there should be a READ_TEMPERATURE_2 register. At least I don't see it in sysfs.

I tried using a generic driver, pmbus, and here is what I got

root@custom-board:/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0041/hwmon/hwmon0# ls -l
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr1_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr1_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr1_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr1_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr2_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr2_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr2_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr2_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr2_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr2_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr3_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr3_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr3_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr3_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr3_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 curr3_max_alarm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Apr 11 03:04 device -> ../../../1-0041
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in1_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in1_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in1_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in1_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in1_min
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in1_min_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_lcrit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_lcrit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_min
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in2_min_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_label
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_lcrit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_lcrit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_min
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 in3_min_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 name
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 11 03:04 power
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 power1_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 power1_label
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 power2_input
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 power2_label
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Apr 11 03:04 subsystem -> ../../../../../../../../class/hwmon
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp1_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp1_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp1_input
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp1_lcrit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp1_lcrit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp1_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp1_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp2_crit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp2_crit_alarm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp2_input
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp2_lcrit
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp2_lcrit_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp2_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 temp2_max_alarm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 03:04 uevent

This one does seem to be aware that there is READ_TEMPERATURE_2 register, but when it comes to READ_TEMPERATURE_1 I see the same problem. How do I know for which page this is reported and what are the units?
> Any help is appreciated.

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Software Engineer
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