Re: [PATCH] thermal: allow creating hwmon for thermal zones on OF systems

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Apr 21 2015 - 16:19:49 EST


On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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
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