Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756563AbbDUUTq (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:19:46 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com ([209.85.212.170]:34902 "EHLO mail-wi0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756192AbbDUURY (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:17:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150420222131.GA6077@dtor-ws> References: <20150420222131.GA6077@dtor-ws> From: Rob Herring Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:17:03 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal: allow creating hwmon for thermal zones on OF systems To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Eduardo Valentin , Rob Herring , Zhang Rui , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2637 Lines: 60 On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Current implementation forcibly suppresses creation of hwmon instances > for thermal zones defined in device tree data. Let's add a new property, > "linux,hwmon" to allow marking certain thermal zones as needing generic > hwmon interface. What is the decision process for deciding to add this property or not? > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov > --- > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt | 4 ++++ > drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c | 7 +++++-- > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt > index 8a49362..0106f8f 100644 > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt > @@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ Optional property: > 2000mW, while on a 10'' tablet is around > 4500mW. > > +- linux,hwmon: A boolean property that instructs Linux thermal core > + to create an instance of hwmon device representing > + this thermal zone. > + > Note: The delay properties are bound to the maximum dT/dt (temperature > derivative over time) in two situations for a thermal zone: > (i) - when passive cooling is activated (polling-delay-passive); and > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c > index 9e8c614..7b7a70c 100644 > --- a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c > +++ b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c > @@ -891,8 +891,11 @@ int __init of_parse_thermal_zones(void) > goto exit_free; > } > > - /* No hwmon because there might be hwmon drivers registering */ > - tzp->no_hwmon = true; > + /* > + * Do not attach hwmon device unless explicitly requested, > + * since there might be dedicated hwmon drivers registering. > + */ > + tzp->no_hwmon = !of_property_read_bool(child, "linux,hwmon"); > > if (!of_property_read_u32(child, "sustainable-power", &prop)) > tzp->sustainable_power = prop; > -- > 2.2.0.rc0.207.ga3a616c > > > -- > Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/