Re: [PATCH v1 17/33] thermal/drivers/rcar: Switch to new of API

From: Niklas Söderlund
Date: Mon Jul 25 2022 - 06:38:13 EST


Hi Daniel,

On 2022-07-25 12:00:30 +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>
> Hi Niklas,
>
> On 25/07/2022 01:28, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> > Hi (again) Daniel,
> >
> > I figured it out, the thermal zone is disabled after this change. For
> > both rcar sensors with the new API thermal_zone_device_enable() is never
> > called.
> >
> > In the old API the zone is enabled in the call chain of
> > devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). While after this change the zone
> > is not enabled by the core when calling thermal_zone_device_enable().
> >
> > If I add a call to thermal_zone_device_enable() together with the new
> > API everything works as before. But I'm not sure if the correct solution
> > is to add a call to thermal_zone_device_enable() in the sensor drivers
> > or in the call chain of the new API?
> >
> > On 2022-07-25 00:39:10 +0200, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> > > Hi Daniel,
> > >
> > > I tested your branch, unfortunately with the same result for
> > > rcar_gen3_thermal. Manipulation of emul_temp file do not trigger
> > > actions.
>
> Thanks for investigating, I updated the branch. Does it fix the issue ?

I tested the branch with the head [1] and it restores the expected
operation for both rcar_gen3_thermal and rcar_thermal sensors.

Thanks for the fix, with this change I'm happy with this new API.

1. commit e9b792a531c10756 ("thermal/of: Remove old OF code")

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Kind Regards,
Niklas Söderlund