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 A typical dbus-sensors object support the following dbus interfaces:
 
-```
+```text
 Path        /xyz/openbmc_project/sensors/<type>/<sensor_name>
 
 Interfaces  xyz.openbmc_project.Sensor.Value
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 your system-specific dts you would enable and configure what you want with
 something like this:
 
-```
+```text
 iio-hwmon {
     compatible = "iio-hwmon";
     io-channels = <&adc0 0>;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 You will then create an entity-manager configuration file that is of type "ADC"
 A very simple example would like look this:
 
-```
+```text
             "Index": 0,
             "Name": "P12V",
             "PowerState": "Always",