> The MAX1617A itself is actually supported by our "adm1021" driver for quite a > long time now (since version 2.3.0 back in April 1999). > I saw that but I was not sure about the SMBbus which you answered below. > What is probably not is the SMBus master itself. Most bus drivers we are > support chips found on x86 machines. > Understood. That should not be much trouble. > Better stick to our model so you integrate with the existing layout and > benefit from existing userspace support. > That is helpful. I agree and will do. > What you need to do is to write a driver for your SMBus master chip, which > respects the model we use. If your SMBus is bit-banging driven (and then > most-likely I2C-compatible), take a look at i2c-voodoo3.c for an example (or > any bus driver including i2c-algo-bit). If your SMBus is hardware-driver (and > most probably not I2C-compatible) take a look at i2c-amd756.c instead (or any > bus driver not including i2c-algo-bit). > Very, very helpful. Thank again. > Once your bus driver is working, load it and run "sensors-detect", which > should scan it and find the MAX1617A on it. > Gotcha. Thank you for getting back so quickly!!
