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+===================================
+Kernel driver: x86_pkg_temp_thermal
+===================================
+
+Supported chips:
+
+* x86: with package level thermal management
+
+(Verify using: CPUID.06H:EAX[bit 6] =1)
+
+Authors: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
+
+Reference
+---------
+
+Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual (Jan, 2013):
+Chapter 14.6: PACKAGE LEVEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This driver register CPU digital temperature package level sensor as a thermal
+zone with maximum two user mode configurable trip points. Number of trip points
+depends on the capability of the package. Once the trip point is violated,
+user mode can receive notification via thermal notification mechanism and can
+take any action to control temperature.
+
+
+Threshold management
+--------------------
+Each package will register as a thermal zone under /sys/class/thermal.
+
+Example::
+
+ /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone1
+
+This contains two trip points:
+
+- trip_point_0_temp
+- trip_point_1_temp
+
+User can set any temperature between 0 to TJ-Max temperature. Temperature units
+are in milli-degree Celsius. Refer to "Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.rst" for
+thermal sys-fs details.
+
+Any value other than 0 in these trip points, can trigger thermal notifications.
+Setting 0, stops sending thermal notifications.
+
+Thermal notifications:
+To get kobject-uevent notifications, set the thermal zone
+policy to "user_space".
+
+For example::
+
+ echo -n "user_space" > policy