Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933035Ab0KLWAj (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:00:39 -0500 Received: from na3sys009aog108.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.199]:60381 "HELO na3sys009aog108.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753527Ab0KLWAf (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:00:35 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 404 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:00:35 EST MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1289594026.22931.388.camel@groeck-laptop> References: <1289594026.22931.388.camel@groeck-laptop> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:53:50 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Location for thermal drivers From: Phil Pokorny To: guenter.roeck@ericsson.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 833 Lines: 19 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > I think a better location for the driver would be drivers/thermal. > drivers/hwmon is not really a good fit, since hwmon support for thermal > drivers is optional. Potential problem with drivers/thermal is that > there are no thermal drivers in there (yet), and there does not seem to > be a maintainer. What is the difference between a "thermal" sensor and a "temperature" sensor? Aren't they the same thing? Why does drivers/thermal exist if there are no drivers in it and no maintainer? Phil P. -- 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/