netdev - Re: [net-next 1/9] igb: Add support functions to access thermal data.

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:48:53 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>, Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <gospo@...hat.com>, <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/9] igb: Add support functions to access thermal
 data.

On Sat, 2012-06-09 at 01:20 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
> 
> Some i350 devices contain thermal data that we can get to via an i2c
> interface.  These functions provide support to get at that data.  A
> following patch will export this data.
[...]

We already have an I2C subsystem - so don't replicate i2c-algo-bit etc.

It's possible we also have an hwmon driver for whatever temperature
sensor is on these boards, which you can then probe by calling
i2c_new_device().

Ben.

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