diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
index ff45d1f837c89ab6706726ae525083e22d05af16..48ceabedf55df87dddff2d62864f6f93db9d315b 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
@@ -91,12 +91,11 @@ name		The chip name.
 		I2C devices get this attribute created automatically.
 		RO
 
-update_rate	The rate at which the chip will update readings.
+update_interval	The interval at which the chip will update readings.
 		Unit: millisecond
 		RW
-		Some devices have a variable update rate. This attribute
-		can be used to change the update rate to the desired
-		frequency.
+		Some devices have a variable update rate or interval.
+		This attribute can be used to change it to the desired value.
 
 
 ************
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e7c528ff1013048cd4c6dadc0dbfc23f11204685..8540dea232afea0e26cf4afbac8cb9a441733997 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2657,9 +2657,12 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/media/video/gspca/
 
 HARDWARE MONITORING
+M:	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+M:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
 L:	lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
 W:	http://www.lm-sensors.org/
-S:	Orphan
+T:	quilt kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jdelvare/linux-2.6/jdelvare-hwmon/
+S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/hwmon/
 F:	drivers/hwmon/
 F:	include/linux/hwmon*.h
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adm1031.c b/drivers/hwmon/adm1031.c
index 15c1a9616af33ba13ae8a79823cb7d30729c42fe..0683e6be662cfe28e803cac2b6ddd6501f06ef29 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adm1031.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adm1031.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct adm1031_data {
 	int chip_type;
 	char valid;		/* !=0 if following fields are valid */
 	unsigned long last_updated;	/* In jiffies */
-	unsigned int update_rate;	/* In milliseconds */
+	unsigned int update_interval;	/* In milliseconds */
 	/* The chan_select_table contains the possible configurations for
 	 * auto fan control.
 	 */
@@ -743,23 +743,23 @@ static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp3_crit_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 12);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp3_fault, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 13);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp1_crit_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 14);
 
-/* Update Rate */
-static const unsigned int update_rates[] = {
+/* Update Interval */
+static const unsigned int update_intervals[] = {
 	16000, 8000, 4000, 2000, 1000, 500, 250, 125,
 };
 
-static ssize_t show_update_rate(struct device *dev,
-				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_update_interval(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
 	struct adm1031_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", data->update_rate);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", data->update_interval);
 }
 
-static ssize_t set_update_rate(struct device *dev,
-			       struct device_attribute *attr,
-			       const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t set_update_interval(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr,
+				   const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
 	struct adm1031_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
@@ -771,12 +771,15 @@ static ssize_t set_update_rate(struct device *dev,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/* find the nearest update rate from the table */
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(update_rates) - 1; i++) {
-		if (val >= update_rates[i])
+	/*
+	 * Find the nearest update interval from the table.
+	 * Use it to determine the matching update rate.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(update_intervals) - 1; i++) {
+		if (val >= update_intervals[i])
 			break;
 	}
-	/* if not found, we point to the last entry (lowest update rate) */
+	/* if not found, we point to the last entry (lowest update interval) */
 
 	/* set the new update rate while preserving other settings */
 	reg = adm1031_read_value(client, ADM1031_REG_FAN_FILTER);
@@ -785,14 +788,14 @@ static ssize_t set_update_rate(struct device *dev,
 	adm1031_write_value(client, ADM1031_REG_FAN_FILTER, reg);
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
-	data->update_rate = update_rates[i];
+	data->update_interval = update_intervals[i];
 	mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
 
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(update_rate, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_update_rate,
-		   set_update_rate);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(update_interval, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_update_interval,
+		   set_update_interval);
 
 static struct attribute *adm1031_attributes[] = {
 	&sensor_dev_attr_fan1_input.dev_attr.attr,
@@ -830,7 +833,7 @@ static struct attribute *adm1031_attributes[] = {
 
 	&sensor_dev_attr_auto_fan1_min_pwm.dev_attr.attr,
 
-	&dev_attr_update_rate.attr,
+	&dev_attr_update_interval.attr,
 	&dev_attr_alarms.attr,
 
 	NULL
@@ -981,7 +984,8 @@ static void adm1031_init_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 	mask = ADM1031_UPDATE_RATE_MASK;
 	read_val = adm1031_read_value(client, ADM1031_REG_FAN_FILTER);
 	i = (read_val & mask) >> ADM1031_UPDATE_RATE_SHIFT;
-	data->update_rate = update_rates[i];
+	/* Save it as update interval */
+	data->update_interval = update_intervals[i];
 }
 
 static struct adm1031_data *adm1031_update_device(struct device *dev)
@@ -993,7 +997,8 @@ static struct adm1031_data *adm1031_update_device(struct device *dev)
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
 
-	next_update = data->last_updated + msecs_to_jiffies(data->update_rate);
+	next_update = data->last_updated
+	  + msecs_to_jiffies(data->update_interval);
 	if (time_after(jiffies, next_update) || !data->valid) {
 
 		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "Starting adm1031 update\n");
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c b/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c
index 5b58b20dead1fa92b79af5c05036d45de8bf88ca..8dee3f38fdfb27e1c80a9fb36add60e414aeb805 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ static int emc1403_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	res = sysfs_create_group(&client->dev.kobj, &m_thermal_gr);
 	if (res) {
 		dev_warn(&client->dev, "create group failed\n");
-		hwmon_device_unregister(data->hwmon_dev);
 		goto thermal_error1;
 	}
 	data->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&client->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/f75375s.c b/drivers/hwmon/f75375s.c
index 0f58ecc5334d941cb4114a3681e2e5a44893280e..9638d58f99fdb0e56f15832f824dc6096d99d3ea 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/f75375s.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/f75375s.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ enum chips { f75373, f75375 };
 #define F75375_REG_PWM2_DROP_DUTY	0x6C
 
 #define FAN_CTRL_LINEAR(nr)		(4 + nr)
-#define FAN_CTRL_MODE(nr)		(5 + ((nr) * 2))
+#define FAN_CTRL_MODE(nr)		(4 + ((nr) * 2))
 
 /*
  * Data structures and manipulation thereof
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int set_pwm_enable_direct(struct i2c_client *client, int nr, int val)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	fanmode = f75375_read8(client, F75375_REG_FAN_TIMER);
-	fanmode = ~(3 << FAN_CTRL_MODE(nr));
+	fanmode &= ~(3 << FAN_CTRL_MODE(nr));
 
 	switch (val) {
 	case 0: /* Full speed */
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static ssize_t set_pwm_mode(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
 	conf = f75375_read8(client, F75375_REG_CONFIG1);
-	conf = ~(1 << FAN_CTRL_LINEAR(nr));
+	conf &= ~(1 << FAN_CTRL_LINEAR(nr));
 
 	if (val == 0)
 		conf |= (1 << FAN_CTRL_LINEAR(nr)) ;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_i2c.c b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_i2c.c
index dc1f5402c1d7ddcdaf4396fe177a689550b9ac2b..8e5933b72d1956c2a931ea7176b1c589e3066968 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_i2c.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int lis3lv02d_i2c_suspend(struct i2c_client *client, pm_message_t mesg)
 {
 	struct lis3lv02d *lis3 = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
-	if (!lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
+	if (!lis3->pdata || !lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
 		lis3lv02d_poweroff(lis3);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int lis3lv02d_i2c_resume(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct lis3lv02d *lis3 = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
-	if (!lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
+	if (!lis3->pdata || !lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
 		lis3lv02d_poweron(lis3);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c
index 82b16808a274c1e0045692fcfc32dcfdb641ec31..b9be5e3a22b3825bc640d9c038c8c724e888c5b4 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int lis3lv02d_spi_suspend(struct spi_device *spi, pm_message_t mesg)
 {
 	struct lis3lv02d *lis3 = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
 
-	if (!lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
+	if (!lis3->pdata || !lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
 		lis3lv02d_poweroff(&lis3_dev);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int lis3lv02d_spi_resume(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct lis3lv02d *lis3 = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
 
-	if (!lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
+	if (!lis3->pdata || !lis3->pdata->wakeup_flags)
 		lis3lv02d_poweron(lis3);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm95241.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm95241.c
index 94741d42112da02ca902b2e87beacbe96aab3cd3..464340f25496402dd15a69e2d59281544e267c37 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm95241.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm95241.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static struct lm95241_data *lm95241_update_device(struct device *dev);
 struct lm95241_data {
 	struct device *hwmon_dev;
 	struct mutex update_lock;
-	unsigned long last_updated, rate; /* in jiffies */
+	unsigned long last_updated, interval; /* in jiffies */
 	char valid; /* zero until following fields are valid */
 	/* registers values */
 	u8 local_h, local_l; /* local */
@@ -114,23 +114,23 @@ show_temp(local);
 show_temp(remote1);
 show_temp(remote2);
 
-static ssize_t show_rate(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+static ssize_t show_interval(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			 char *buf)
 {
 	struct lm95241_data *data = lm95241_update_device(dev);
 
-	snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1, "%lu\n", 1000 * data->rate / HZ);
+	snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1, "%lu\n", 1000 * data->interval / HZ);
 	return strlen(buf);
 }
 
-static ssize_t set_rate(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+static ssize_t set_interval(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
 	struct lm95241_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
-	strict_strtol(buf, 10, &data->rate);
-	data->rate = data->rate * HZ / 1000;
+	strict_strtol(buf, 10, &data->interval);
+	data->interval = data->interval * HZ / 1000;
 
 	return count;
 }
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_min, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_min1, set_min1);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(temp3_min, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_min2, set_min2);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_max, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_max1, set_max1);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(temp3_max, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_max2, set_max2);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(rate, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_rate, set_rate);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(update_interval, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_interval,
+		   set_interval);
 
 static struct attribute *lm95241_attributes[] = {
 	&dev_attr_temp1_input.attr,
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ static struct attribute *lm95241_attributes[] = {
 	&dev_attr_temp3_min.attr,
 	&dev_attr_temp2_max.attr,
 	&dev_attr_temp3_max.attr,
-	&dev_attr_rate.attr,
+	&dev_attr_update_interval.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ static void lm95241_init_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct lm95241_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
-	data->rate = HZ;    /* 1 sec default */
+	data->interval = HZ;    /* 1 sec default */
 	data->valid = 0;
 	data->config = CFG_CR0076;
 	data->model = 0;
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ static struct lm95241_data *lm95241_update_device(struct device *dev)
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
 
-	if (time_after(jiffies, data->last_updated + data->rate) ||
+	if (time_after(jiffies, data->last_updated + data->interval) ||
 	    !data->valid) {
 		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "Updating lm95241 data.\n");
 		data->local_h =
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
index e96e69dd36fb4b4faba43ffad13b53815d06bc65..072c58008a633b713e1f68fd3a522572a41842d1 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ superio_enter(int ioreg)
 static inline void
 superio_exit(int ioreg)
 {
+	outb(0xaa, ioreg);
 	outb(0x02, ioreg);
 	outb(0x02, ioreg + 1);
 }