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@@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ and throttle appropriate devices.
 RO     read only value
 RW     read/write value
 
 RO     read only value
 RW     read/write value
 
-All thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal
+Thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal.
+Hwmon sysfs I/F extension is also available under /sys/class/hwmon
+if hwmon is compiled in or built as a module.
 
 Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
 
 Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
-|thermal_zone[0-*]:
+/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]:
        |-----type:                     Type of the thermal zone
        |-----temp:                     Current temperature
        |-----mode:                     Working mode of the thermal zone
        |-----type:                     Type of the thermal zone
        |-----temp:                     Current temperature
        |-----mode:                     Working mode of the thermal zone
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
        |-----trip_point_[0-*]_type:    Trip point type
 
 Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
        |-----trip_point_[0-*]_type:    Trip point type
 
 Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
-|cooling_device[0-*]:
+/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]:
        |-----type :                    Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...)
        |-----max_state:                Maximum cooling state of the cooling device
        |-----cur_state:                Current cooling state of the cooling device
        |-----type :                    Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...)
        |-----max_state:                Maximum cooling state of the cooling device
        |-----cur_state:                Current cooling state of the cooling device
@@ -130,10 +132,19 @@ They represent the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated coolin
 They are created/removed for each
 thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful execution.
 
 They are created/removed for each
 thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful execution.
 
-|thermal_zone[0-*]
+/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]
        |-----cdev[0-*]:                The [0-*]th cooling device in the current thermal zone
        |-----cdev[0-*]_trip_point:     Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with
 
        |-----cdev[0-*]:                The [0-*]th cooling device in the current thermal zone
        |-----cdev[0-*]_trip_point:     Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with
 
+Besides the thermal zone device sysfs I/F and cooling device sysfs I/F,
+the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_ of
+thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon class device
+and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered ACPI thermal zones.
+/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[0-*]:
+       |-----name:                     The type of the thermal zone devices.
+       |-----temp[1-*]_input:          The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*].
+       |-----temp[1-*]_critical:       The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*].
+Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface for additional information.
 
 ***************************
 * Thermal zone attributes *
 
 ***************************
 * Thermal zone attributes *
@@ -141,7 +152,10 @@ thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful e
 
 type                           Strings which represent the thermal zone type.
                                This is given by thermal zone driver as part of registration.
 
 type                           Strings which represent the thermal zone type.
                                This is given by thermal zone driver as part of registration.
-                               Eg: "ACPI thermal zone" indicates it's a ACPI thermal device
+                               Eg: "acpitz" indicates it's an ACPI thermal device.
+                               In order to keep it consistent with hwmon sys attribute,
+                               this should be a short, lowercase string,
+                               not containing spaces nor dashes.
                                RO
                                Required
 
                                RO
                                Required
 
@@ -218,7 +232,7 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this:
 /sys/class/thermal:
 
 |thermal_zone1:
 /sys/class/thermal:
 
 |thermal_zone1:
-       |-----type:                     ACPI thermal zone
+       |-----type:                     acpitz
        |-----temp:                     37000
        |-----mode:                     kernel
        |-----trip_point_0_temp:        100000
        |-----temp:                     37000
        |-----mode:                     kernel
        |-----trip_point_0_temp:        100000
@@ -243,3 +257,10 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this:
        |-----type:                     Fan
        |-----max_state:                2
        |-----cur_state:                0
        |-----type:                     Fan
        |-----max_state:                2
        |-----cur_state:                0
+
+/sys/class/hwmon:
+
+|hwmon0:
+       |-----name:                     acpitz
+       |-----temp1_input:              37000
+       |-----temp1_crit:               100000