select SENSORS_OCC
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This option enables support for monitoring sensors provided by the
- On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER8 processor. Communications with
- the OCC are established through I2C bus.
+ On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER8 processor. However, this driver
+ can only run on a baseboard management controller (BMC) connected to
+ the P8, not the POWER processor itself. Communications with the OCC are
+ established through I2C bus.
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be
called occ-p8-hwmon.
select SENSORS_OCC
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This option enables support for monitoring sensors provided by the
- On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER9 processor. Communications with
- the OCC are established through SBE fifo on an FSI bus.
+ On-Chip Controller (OCC) on a POWER9 processor. However, this driver
+ can only run on a baseboard management controller (BMC) connected to
+ the P9, not the POWER processor itself. Communications with the OCC are
+ established through SBE fifo on an FSI bus.
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be
called occ-p9-hwmon.