Module Name: src
Committed By: pgoyette
Date: Thu Jan 25 08:41:17 UTC 2018
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4/man4.x86: amdzentemp.4
Log Message:
Some clean-up on the HISTORY and AUTHORS sections, and addition of a BUGS
section to document the fact that we don't yet handle the required temp
offset, nor do we expose the available thermal-trip value.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 src/share/man/man4/man4.x86/amdzentemp.4
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man4/man4.x86/amdzentemp.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/man4.x86/amdzentemp.4:1.1 src/share/man/man4/man4.x86/amdzentemp.4:1.2
--- src/share/man/man4/man4.x86/amdzentemp.4:1.1 Thu Jan 25 01:25:39 2018
+++ src/share/man/man4/man4.x86/amdzentemp.4 Thu Jan 25 08:41:17 2018
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: amdzentemp.4,v 1.1 2018/01/25 01:25:39 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: amdzentemp.4,v 1.2 2018/01/25 08:41:17 pgoyette Exp $
.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Christoph Egger
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ API.
.Xr envsys 4 ,
.Xr envstat 8 ,
.Xr powerd 8
+.Sh BUGS
+The temperature reading provided to
+.Xr envsys 4
+needs to have a CPU-dependant offset applied.
+For Ryzen X processors, the offset is 20C, while for Threadripper
+processors an offset of 27C is needed.
+.Pp
+The sensor has thermal-trip value which should be retrieved and
+provided to
+.Xr envsys 4
+as the sensors critical-maximum value.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
@@ -65,8 +76,17 @@ driver first appeared in
named
.Dq kate .
It was then ported to
-.Nx 5.0 .
-The driver has been renamed with support for newer AMD CPUs.
+.Nx 5.0
+under the name
+.Dq amdtemp .
+The
+.Fx
+version of the driver was updated with support for newer AMD CPUs.
+For
+.Nx ,
+the support for the newer CPUs was separated into its own
+.Nm
+driver.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
@@ -74,3 +94,7 @@ The
driver was written by
.An Constantine A. Murenin Aq Mt [email protected]
whilst at the University of Waterloo.
+Porting of support for the newer AMD CPUs from
+.Fx
+was provided by
+.An Ian Clark .
