[PATCH v2 2/6] ABI: sysfs-class-hwmon: add a description for fanY_fault

nick.hawkins at hpe.com nick.hawkins at hpe.com
Mon Nov 28 15:02:15 PST 2022


From: Nick Hawkins <nick.hawkins at hpe.com>

The fans are capable of reporting a fault to the CPLD controller which
then reports it to the GXP SoC via PLREGS. This patch enables hwmon to
be able to report these failures up to the HOST OS.

Signed-off-by: Nick Hawkins <nick.hawkins at hpe.com>

---

v2:
 *No change
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
index 7271781a23b2..638f4c6d4ec7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
@@ -276,6 +276,15 @@ Description:
 
 		RW
 
+What:		/sys/class/hwmon/hwmonX/fanY_fault
+Description:
+		Reports if a fan has reported failure.
+
+		- 1: Failed
+		- 0: Ok
+
+		RO
+
 What:		/sys/class/hwmon/hwmonX/pwmY
 Description:
 		Pulse width modulation fan control.
-- 
2.17.1




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