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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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Ira W. Snyder and committed by
Jean Delvare
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Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
··· 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 ··· 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 ************