linux-kernel - Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] linux-2.6.32-directemp

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Date:	Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:01:17 +0100
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	"Chris Verges" <chrisv@...erswitching.com>
Cc:	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>,
	Rob Owings <rowings@...rmistor.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] linux-2.6.32-directemp

On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:58:14 -0800, Chris Verges wrote:
> > Wouldn't it make sense to make use of hardware monitoring interfaces so
> > lm_sensors could handle the sensor information? (added to CC)
> >
> > This would also be a good reason to have the driver on kernel side
> > rather than somewhere in userspace.
> 
> Hi Bruno,
> 
> I agree.  However, I've had other drivers in the past been pooh-pooh'd by the lm-sensors maintainers because they don't seem to fit exactly what the lm-sensors folks want in a driver.  Unfortunately, I  seem to be bad at understanding the purpose of lm-sensors.  :-)  I'd like to get their approval before any work is done to migrate over to lm-sensors.

I can see that you tried to submit a driver for an accelerometer chip.
This indeed did not quite fit in the hwmon subsystem (although for
historical and unfortunate reasons we have a couple of them sitting
there at the moment... they should really go away!)

Temperature sensors definitely fit in the hwmon subsystem.

Humidity sensors... why not, we have already one.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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