linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Add power meters to Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface

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Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:43:49 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	"Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@...htlink.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Add power meters to Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:57:43AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> OK, that's a bit different then, but I'm still not sure that there is
> much value in exporting these values in sysfs, in particular if there
> is no way to reset them.

It turns out there _is_ a way to reset them; the next iteration of the
driver will have it.

> I am also not happy with the names you proposed: power1_max_input and
> power1_min_input are somewhat confusing IMHO, I'd suggest
> power1_input_highest and power1_input_lowest to make them clearly
> different from the min and max limits we have for other sensor types.
> If we have them at all, of course.

Agreed and changed.

--D

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