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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max31827.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/max31827.rst index 44ab9dc064cb..9c11a9518c67 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max31827.rst +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max31827.rst @@ -131,7 +131,14 @@ The Fault Queue bits select how many consecutive temperature faults must occur before overtemperature or undertemperature faults are indicated in the corresponding status bits. -Notes ------ +PEC Support +----------- + +When reading a register value, the PEC byte is computed and sent by the chip. + +PEC on word data transaction respresents a signifcant increase in bandwitdh +usage (+33% for both write and reads) in normal conditions. -PEC is not implemented. +Since this operation implies there will be an extra delay to each +transaction, PEC can be disabled or enabled through sysfs. +Just write 1 to the "pec" file for enabling PEC and 0 for disabling it. |