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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] thermal: Add generic device cooling support
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On 05/01/2023 09:22, Alice Guo (OSS) wrote:
> From: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@nxp.com>
> 
> To compatible with previous implementation, add generic device
> cooling support, each thermal zone will register a cooling
> device, and when temperature exceed passive trip, the device
> cooling driver will send out a system wide notification, each
> device supporting cooling will need to register device cooling
> and takes action when passive trip is exceeded;

Can you explain the use case you want to solve with this solution and 
the limitations of the existing ones ?


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