linux-kernel - Re: [lm-sensors] [RESEND PATCH V1 0/9] thermal: introduce DT thermal zone build

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Message-ID: <51E8234D.1020607@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:18:05 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin@...com>
CC:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, wni@...dia.com,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, l.stach@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [RESEND PATCH V1 0/9] thermal: introduce DT thermal
 zone build

On 07/18/2013 07:53 AM, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> Hello Guenter,
> 
> On 17-07-2013 18:09, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:17:19AM -0400, Eduardo Valentin
>> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> As you noticed, I am working in a way to represent thermal
>>> data using device tree [1]. Essentially, this should be a way
>>> to say what to do with a sensor and how to associate (cooling)
>>> actions with it.
>>> 
>> Seems to me that goes way beyond the supposed scope of devicetree
>> data. Devicetree data is supposed to describe hardware, not its
>> configuration or use. This is clearly a use case.
> 
> Thanks for rising your voice here. It is important to know what
> hwmon ppl think about this.

I meant to find time to read Guenter's original email where he
initially objected to putting data into DT, and determine exactly what
was being objected to. I still haven't:-( However, the arguments that
Eduardo stated in his email do make sense to me; I agree that
temperature limits really are a description of HW. Details of which
cooling methods to invoke when certain temperature limits are reached
is also part of the HW/system design, and hence I would tend to agree
that they're appropriate to include in DT. Anyway, that's just my 2
cents on the matter:-)
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