linux-kernel - Re: [lm-sensors] CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON configuration option removal

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Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:32:55 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
Cc:	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON configuration option removal

Hi Guenter,

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:37:40 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> I just noticed the folllowing in feature-removal-schedule.txt:
> 
> What:   CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON
> When:   January 2009
> Why:    This option was introduced just to allow older lm-sensors userspace
>         to keep working over the upgrade to 2.6.26. At the scheduled time of
>         removal fixed lm-sensors (2.x or 3.x) should be readily available.
> Who:    Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
> 
> I don't know what the lm-sensors changes are, and if they have been implemented.
> Is it time to remove the configuration option ?

Not sure where you looked, but it's already gone. See commit
ab92402af04c151c26541eb28e1c26286a429db5.

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Jean Delvare
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