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Authored by Ira W. Snyder
Committed by Jean Delvare
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Exists in master and in 7 other branches imx_3.0.35_4.1.0, imx_3.10.17_1.0.1_ga, imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-l5.0.0_1.0.0-ga

hwmon: Add description of the update_rate sysfs attribute 

The update_rate attribute can be used by drivers to let userspace choose
the update rate of the chip, if it is configurable.

Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>

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80 80 given driver if the chip has the feature.
81 81  
82 82  
83   -********
84   -* Name *
85   -********
  83 +*********************
  84 +* Global attributes *
  85 +*********************
86 86  
87 87 name The chip name.
88 88 This should be a short, lowercase string, not containing
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90 90 the only mandatory attribute.
91 91 I2C devices get this attribute created automatically.
92 92 RO
  93 +
  94 +update_rate The rate at which the chip will update readings.
  95 + Unit: millisecond
  96 + RW
  97 + Some devices have a variable update rate. This attribute
  98 + can be used to change the update rate to the desired
  99 + frequency.
93 100  
94 101  
95 102 ************