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+The Linux Hardware Monitoring kernel API
+========================================
+
+Guenter Roeck
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+This document describes the API that can be used by hardware monitoring
+drivers that want to use the hardware monitoring framework.
+
+This document does not describe what a hardware monitoring (hwmon) Driver or
+Device is. It also does not describe the API which can be used by user space
+to communicate with a hardware monitoring device. If you want to know this
+then please read the following file: Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst.
+
+For additional guidelines on how to write and improve hwmon drivers, please
+also read Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst.
+
+The API
+-------
+Each hardware monitoring driver must #include <linux/hwmon.h> and, in some
+cases, <linux/hwmon-sysfs.h>. linux/hwmon.h declares the following
+register/unregister functions::
+
+ struct device *
+ hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev,
+ const char *name, void *drvdata,
+ const struct hwmon_chip_info *info,
+ const struct attribute_group **extra_groups);
+
+ struct device *
+ devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev,
+ const char *name,
+ void *drvdata,
+ const struct hwmon_chip_info *info,
+ const struct attribute_group **extra_groups);
+
+ void hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev);
+
+ void devm_hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev);
+
+ char *hwmon_sanitize_name(const char *name);
+
+ char *devm_hwmon_sanitize_name(struct device *dev, const char *name);
+
+hwmon_device_register_with_info registers a hardware monitoring device.
+It creates the standard sysfs attributes in the hardware monitoring core,
+letting the driver focus on reading from and writing to the chip instead
+of having to bother with sysfs attributes. The parent device parameter
+as well as the chip parameter must not be NULL. Its parameters are described
+in more detail below.
+
+devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info is similar to
+hwmon_device_register_with_info. However, it is device managed, meaning the
+hwmon device does not have to be removed explicitly by the removal function.
+
+All other hardware monitoring device registration functions are deprecated
+and must not be used in new drivers.
+
+hwmon_device_unregister deregisters a registered hardware monitoring device.
+The parameter of this function is the pointer to the registered hardware
+monitoring device structure. This function must be called from the driver
+remove function if the hardware monitoring device was registered with
+hwmon_device_register_with_info.
+
+devm_hwmon_device_unregister does not normally have to be called. It is only
+needed for error handling, and only needed if the driver probe fails after
+the call to devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info and if the automatic (device
+managed) removal would be too late.
+
+All supported hwmon device registration functions only accept valid device
+names. Device names including invalid characters (whitespace, '*', or '-')
+will be rejected. The 'name' parameter is mandatory.
+
+If the driver doesn't use a static device name (for example it uses
+dev_name()), and therefore cannot make sure the name only contains valid
+characters, hwmon_sanitize_name can be used. This convenience function
+will duplicate the string and replace any invalid characters with an
+underscore. It will allocate memory for the new string and it is the
+responsibility of the caller to release the memory when the device is
+removed.
+
+devm_hwmon_sanitize_name is the resource managed version of
+hwmon_sanitize_name; the memory will be freed automatically on device
+removal.
+
+Using devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info()
+--------------------------------------------
+
+hwmon_device_register_with_info() registers a hardware monitoring device.
+The parameters to this function are
+
+=============================================== ===============================================
+`struct device *dev` Pointer to parent device
+`const char *name` Device name
+`void *drvdata` Driver private data
+`const struct hwmon_chip_info *info` Pointer to chip description.
+`const struct attribute_group **extra_groups` Null-terminated list of additional non-standard
+ sysfs attribute groups.
+=============================================== ===============================================
+
+This function returns a pointer to the created hardware monitoring device
+on success and a negative error code for failure.
+
+The hwmon_chip_info structure looks as follows::
+
+ struct hwmon_chip_info {
+ const struct hwmon_ops *ops;
+ const struct hwmon_channel_info * const *info;
+ };
+
+It contains the following fields:
+
+* ops:
+ Pointer to device operations.
+* info:
+ NULL-terminated list of device channel descriptors.
+
+The list of hwmon operations is defined as::
+
+ struct hwmon_ops {
+ umode_t (*is_visible)(const void *, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+ u32 attr, int);
+ int (*read)(struct device *, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+ u32 attr, int, long *);
+ int (*write)(struct device *, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+ u32 attr, int, long);
+ };
+
+It defines the following operations.
+
+* is_visible:
+ Pointer to a function to return the file mode for each supported
+ attribute. This function is mandatory.
+
+* read:
+ Pointer to a function for reading a value from the chip. This function
+ is optional, but must be provided if any readable attributes exist.
+
+* write:
+ Pointer to a function for writing a value to the chip. This function is
+ optional, but must be provided if any writeable attributes exist.
+
+Each sensor channel is described with struct hwmon_channel_info, which is
+defined as follows::
+
+ struct hwmon_channel_info {
+ enum hwmon_sensor_types type;
+ u32 *config;
+ };
+
+It contains following fields:
+
+* type:
+ The hardware monitoring sensor type.
+
+ Supported sensor types are
+
+ ================== ==================================================
+ hwmon_chip A virtual sensor type, used to describe attributes
+ which are not bound to a specific input or output
+ hwmon_temp Temperature sensor
+ hwmon_in Voltage sensor
+ hwmon_curr Current sensor
+ hwmon_power Power sensor
+ hwmon_energy Energy sensor
+ hwmon_humidity Humidity sensor
+ hwmon_fan Fan speed sensor
+ hwmon_pwm PWM control
+ ================== ==================================================
+
+* config:
+ Pointer to a 0-terminated list of configuration values for each
+ sensor of the given type. Each value is a combination of bit values
+ describing the attributes supposed by a single sensor.
+
+As an example, here is the complete description file for a LM75 compatible
+sensor chip. The chip has a single temperature sensor. The driver wants to
+register with the thermal subsystem (HWMON_C_REGISTER_TZ), and it supports
+the update_interval attribute (HWMON_C_UPDATE_INTERVAL). The chip supports
+reading the temperature (HWMON_T_INPUT), it has a maximum temperature
+register (HWMON_T_MAX) as well as a maximum temperature hysteresis register
+(HWMON_T_MAX_HYST)::
+
+ static const u32 lm75_chip_config[] = {
+ HWMON_C_REGISTER_TZ | HWMON_C_UPDATE_INTERVAL,
+ 0
+ };
+
+ static const struct hwmon_channel_info lm75_chip = {
+ .type = hwmon_chip,
+ .config = lm75_chip_config,
+ };
+
+ static const u32 lm75_temp_config[] = {
+ HWMON_T_INPUT | HWMON_T_MAX | HWMON_T_MAX_HYST,
+ 0
+ };
+
+ static const struct hwmon_channel_info lm75_temp = {
+ .type = hwmon_temp,
+ .config = lm75_temp_config,
+ };
+
+ static const struct hwmon_channel_info * const lm75_info[] = {
+ &lm75_chip,
+ &lm75_temp,
+ NULL
+ };
+
+ The HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO() macro can and should be used when possible.
+ With this macro, the above example can be simplified to
+
+ static const struct hwmon_channel_info * const lm75_info[] = {
+ HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO(chip,
+ HWMON_C_REGISTER_TZ | HWMON_C_UPDATE_INTERVAL),
+ HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO(temp,
+ HWMON_T_INPUT | HWMON_T_MAX | HWMON_T_MAX_HYST),
+ NULL
+ };
+
+ The remaining declarations are as follows.
+
+ static const struct hwmon_ops lm75_hwmon_ops = {
+ .is_visible = lm75_is_visible,
+ .read = lm75_read,
+ .write = lm75_write,
+ };
+
+ static const struct hwmon_chip_info lm75_chip_info = {
+ .ops = &lm75_hwmon_ops,
+ .info = lm75_info,
+ };
+
+A complete list of bit values indicating individual attribute support
+is defined in include/linux/hwmon.h. Definition prefixes are as follows.
+
+=============== =================================================
+HWMON_C_xxxx Chip attributes, for use with hwmon_chip.
+HWMON_T_xxxx Temperature attributes, for use with hwmon_temp.
+HWMON_I_xxxx Voltage attributes, for use with hwmon_in.
+HWMON_C_xxxx Current attributes, for use with hwmon_curr.
+ Notice the prefix overlap with chip attributes.
+HWMON_P_xxxx Power attributes, for use with hwmon_power.
+HWMON_E_xxxx Energy attributes, for use with hwmon_energy.
+HWMON_H_xxxx Humidity attributes, for use with hwmon_humidity.
+HWMON_F_xxxx Fan speed attributes, for use with hwmon_fan.
+HWMON_PWM_xxxx PWM control attributes, for use with hwmon_pwm.
+=============== =================================================
+
+Driver callback functions
+-------------------------
+
+Each driver provides is_visible, read, and write functions. Parameters
+and return values for those functions are as follows::
+
+ umode_t is_visible_func(const void *data, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+ u32 attr, int channel)
+
+Parameters:
+ data:
+ Pointer to device private data structure.
+ type:
+ The sensor type.
+ attr:
+ Attribute identifier associated with a specific attribute.
+ For example, the attribute value for HWMON_T_INPUT would be
+ hwmon_temp_input. For complete mappings of bit fields to
+ attribute values please see include/linux/hwmon.h.
+ channel:
+ The sensor channel number.
+
+Return value:
+ The file mode for this attribute. Typically, this will be 0 (the
+ attribute will not be created), 0444, or 0644.
+
+::
+
+ int read_func(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+ u32 attr, int channel, long *val)
+
+Parameters:
+ dev:
+ Pointer to the hardware monitoring device.
+ type:
+ The sensor type.
+ attr:
+ Attribute identifier associated with a specific attribute.
+ For example, the attribute value for HWMON_T_INPUT would be
+ hwmon_temp_input. For complete mappings please see
+ include/linux/hwmon.h.
+ channel:
+ The sensor channel number.
+ val:
+ Pointer to attribute value.
+
+Return value:
+ 0 on success, a negative error number otherwise.
+
+::
+
+ int write_func(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+ u32 attr, int channel, long val)
+
+Parameters:
+ dev:
+ Pointer to the hardware monitoring device.
+ type:
+ The sensor type.
+ attr:
+ Attribute identifier associated with a specific attribute.
+ For example, the attribute value for HWMON_T_INPUT would be
+ hwmon_temp_input. For complete mappings please see
+ include/linux/hwmon.h.
+ channel:
+ The sensor channel number.
+ val:
+ The value to write to the chip.
+
+Return value:
+ 0 on success, a negative error number otherwise.
+
+
+Driver-provided sysfs attributes
+--------------------------------
+
+In most situations it should not be necessary for a driver to provide sysfs
+attributes since the hardware monitoring core creates those internally.
+Only additional non-standard sysfs attributes need to be provided.
+
+The header file linux/hwmon-sysfs.h provides a number of useful macros to
+declare and use hardware monitoring sysfs attributes.
+
+In many cases, you can use the existing define DEVICE_ATTR or its variants
+DEVICE_ATTR_{RW,RO,WO} to declare such attributes. This is feasible if an
+attribute has no additional context. However, in many cases there will be
+additional information such as a sensor index which will need to be passed
+to the sysfs attribute handling function.
+
+SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR and SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2 can be used to define attributes
+which need such additional context information. SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR requires
+one additional argument, SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2 requires two.
+
+Simplified variants of SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR and SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2 are available
+and should be used if standard attribute permissions and function names are
+feasible. Standard permissions are 0644 for SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR[_2]_RW,
+0444 for SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR[_2]_RO, and 0200 for SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR[_2]_WO.
+Standard functions, similar to DEVICE_ATTR_{RW,RO,WO}, have _show and _store
+appended to the provided function name.
+
+SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR and its variants define a struct sensor_device_attribute
+variable. This structure has the following fields::
+
+ struct sensor_device_attribute {
+ struct device_attribute dev_attr;
+ int index;
+ };
+
+You can use to_sensor_dev_attr to get the pointer to this structure from the
+attribute read or write function. Its parameter is the device to which the
+attribute is attached.
+
+SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2 and its variants define a struct sensor_device_attribute_2
+variable, which is defined as follows::
+
+ struct sensor_device_attribute_2 {
+ struct device_attribute dev_attr;
+ u8 index;
+ u8 nr;
+ };
+
+Use to_sensor_dev_attr_2 to get the pointer to this structure. Its parameter
+is the device to which the attribute is attached.