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[PATCH v3] hwmon: Add power meter spec to Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface

From:  "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@us.ibm.com>
To:  "Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@lightlink.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, lm-sensors <lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org>
Subject:  [PATCH v3] hwmon: Add power meter spec to Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
Date:  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:39:24 -0700
Message-ID:  <20071009203923.GJ16752@tree.beaverton.ibm.com>

Update the hwmon sysfs interface documentation to include a specification
for power meters.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
---

 Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
index db7bb4a..4e0fb20 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
@@ -324,6 +324,37 @@ curr[1-*]_input	Current input value
 		Unit: milliampere
 		RO
 
+*********
+* Power *
+*********
+
+power[1-*]_average		Average power use
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RO
+
+power[1-*]_average_highest	Historical average maximum power use
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RO
+
+power[1-*]_average_lowest	Historical average minimum power use
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RO
+
+power[1-*]_input		Instantaneous power use
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RO
+
+power[1-*]_input_highest	Historical maximum power use
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RO
+
+power[1-*]_input_lowest		Historical minimum power use
+				Unit: microWatt
+				RO
+
+power[1-*]_reset_history	Reset input_highest, input_lowest,
+				average_highest and average_lowest.
+				WO
 
 **********
 * Alarms *
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