From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH) Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:25:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] I2C: rename in0_ref to cpu0_vid Message-Id: <20040825193501.GC8261@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20040812224551.712f8b5e.khali@linux-fr.org> In-Reply-To: <20040812224551.712f8b5e.khali@linux-fr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:45:51PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Greg, > > This patch changes all the i2c chip drivers and documentation to use the > name "cpu0_vid" instead of "in0_ref". The name "in0_ref" was an error in > the first place as motherboard manufacturers may fail to follow the chip > manufacturer's recommendation about which "in" channel to use for VCore > monitoring. > > The new name leaves room for chips able to monitor more than 1 vid > value, such as the LM93 and, to a lesser extent, the PC87360 family (all > by National Semiconductor). These chips are typically designed for > dual-CPU motherboards. > > This breaks the interface (obviously) so libsensors has been updated to > support both names. > > Please apply, Applied, thanks. greg k-h