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

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:53:54 +0000
From:	"Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next 1/9] igb: Add support functions to access thermal
 data.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:bhutchings@...arflare.com]
>Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 5:49 PM
>To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T
>Cc: davem@...emloft.net; Wyborny, Carolyn; 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().

I am not sure that our sensors will be compatible, but I will research it to be sure.  I will also take a look at what we can do with the i2c interface that already exists and make sure we are not duplicating any of it.

Thanks,

Carolyn

Carolyn Wyborny
Linux Development
LAN Access Division
Intel Corporation