linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] thermal: add brcmstb AVS TMON driver

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Date:   Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:27:48 +0200
From:   Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
To:     Markus Mayer <code@...yer.net>
Cc:     Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Power Management List <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Device Tree List <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] thermal: add brcmstb AVS TMON driver

On 2017-06-05 23:09, Markus Mayer wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/broadcom/brcmstb_thermal.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
> +/*
> + * Broadcom STB AVS TMON thermal sensor driver
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Broadcom
> + *
> + * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
> + * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, 
> and
> + * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + */

The headers says GPL v2 but it doesn't match MODULE_LICENSE. Please be
consistent.


> +/* Convert a HW code to a temperature reading (millidegree celsius) */
> +static inline int avs_tmon_code_to_temp(u32 code)
> +{
> +	return (410040 - (int)((code & 0x3FF) * 487));
> +}

I got similar hardcoded values and Eduardo told me to move them to the 
DT.
See discussion in: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9642119/

Hint: thermal_zone_get_offset + thermal_zone_get_slope