linux-kernel - Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 1/2 V3] applesmc: Use PnP rather than hardcoding resources and devices

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Message-ID: <20101218115742.GA2063@polaris.bitmath.org>
Date:	Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:57:42 +0100
From:	"Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@...omail.se>
To:	Julien BLACHE <jb@...ache.org>
Cc:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Mikael Strom <mikael@...amiq.com>
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 1/2 V3] applesmc: Use PnP rather than
 hardcoding resources and devices

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:29:52PM +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote:
> "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@...omail.se> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >> Which applications? libsensors-based applications definitely don't
> >> hard-wire anything.
> >
> > The ones I am thinking of are pommed and macfanctld, there are
> > probably others. The sysfs nodes have been around a while, so it is
> > not really surprising. If there is a policy saying it is ok to break
> > userspace in this case, that's fine.
> 
> I've just changed pommed to probe for applesmc through /sys/class/hwmon,
> so you can go ahead and break it as far as I'm concerned :)

Great, thanks Julien. And macfanctld should not be a problem either (ccing the author).

Henrik

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