[PATCH v3 4/4] hwmon: (kb9002) Add documentation
From: Andy Chung via B4 Relay
Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 02:33:45 EST
From: Andy Chung <Andy.Chung@xxxxxxx>
Document the sysfs and debugfs interfaces of the Kandou KB9002 hwmon
driver.
Signed-off-by: Andy Chung <Andy.Chung@xxxxxxx>
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Documentation/hwmon/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/hwmon/kb9002.rst | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
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@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Hardware Monitoring Kernel Drivers
jc42
k10temp
k8temp
+ kb9002
kbatt
kfan
lan966x
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/kb9002.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/kb9002.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+Kernel driver kb9002
+====================
+
+Supported chips:
+
+ * Kandou KB9002
+
+ Prefix: 'kb9002'
+
+ Addresses scanned: -
+
+ Datasheet: KA-015171-PD (available from Kandou under NDA)
+
+Author: Andy Chung <andy.chung@xxxxxxx>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The Kandou KB9002 is an 8-lane PCIe 5.0 retimer with an integrated
+microcontroller. It exposes an SMBus 3.0 target (with mandatory PEC)
+on its sideband interface. The internal firmware aggregates per-lane
+die temperatures and publishes the maximum value through a 16-bit
+addressed register window.
+
+This driver reports that aggregated maximum as the only hwmon
+temperature channel. The running firmware version and the firmware
+boot status are exposed under debugfs.
+
+sysfs interface
+---------------
+
+================== ===============================================
+temp1_input Aggregated maximum die temperature across all
+ active lanes (millidegrees Celsius).
+temp1_label Always "kb9002".
+================== ===============================================
+
+debugfs interface
+-----------------
+
+Files live in the per-client debugfs directory created by the I2C
+core: ``/sys/kernel/debug/i2c/i2c-<bus>/<bus>-<addr>/``.
+
+================== ===============================================
+fw_ver Running firmware version in
+ "major.minor.patch.suffix" format. Read-only.
+fw_load_status Firmware boot status: "normal" once firmware has
+ finished initialising, "abnormal" otherwise.
+ Read-only.
+================== ===============================================
+
+Notes
+-----
+
+The driver requires ``I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA``,
+``I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_PEC`` and ``I2C_FUNC_I2C`` from the host adapter. The
+last is needed only during probe for the host-interface mode switch;
+runtime accesses use SMBus block transactions exclusively.
+
+The retimer's SMBus address is configurable on three strap pins and
+ranges from 0x20 to 0x27. The address is selected through device tree
+(or i2c board info) the same way as any other I2C device; the driver
+does not auto-detect.
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