Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:42:51 +0100
From: Bruno =?UTF-8?B?UHLDqW1vbnQ=?= <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
To: "Chris Verges" <chrisv@cyberswitching.com>
Cc: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@suse.de>, <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
       <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "Rob Owings" <rowings@thermistor.com>,
       lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.32-directemp
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On Thu, 04 February 2010 "Chris Verges" wrote:
> Attached is a patch for the QTI DirecTEMP USB thermometer &
> thermometer/hygrometer sensors.  This patch is based on linux-2.6.32.
> Functionality has been verified against both hardware variants listed
> in the driver (0x0002 and 0x0006), as both monolithic and modular.
> 
> When the QTI DirecTEMP sensor is connected to a system, the directemp
> driver adds appropriate sysfs entries for the sensor type(s)
> supported. Examples:
> 
>    # PID 0x0002 (temp only)
>    /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../temp
> 
>    # PID 0x0006 (temp + relative humidity)
>    /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../temp
>    /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../rh
> 
> Using a standard "cat" will display the value.

Wouldn't it make sense to make use of hardware monitoring interfaces so
lm_sensors could handle the sensor information? (added to CC)

This would also be a good reason to have the driver on kernel side
rather than somewhere in userspace.

Bruno
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