linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: dt: t114 dalmore: add dt entry for nct1008

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Date:	Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:16:22 +0800
From:	Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
CC:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	"khali@...ux-fr.org" <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	Matthew Longnecker <MLongnecker@...dia.com>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: dt: t114 dalmore: add dt entry for nct1008

On 08/09/2013 05:33 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 08/08/2013 01:40 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 08/08/2013 02:36 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> On 08/08/2013 10:56 AM, Wei Ni wrote:
>>>
>>>> Enable thermal sensor nct1008 for t114 dalmore.
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114-dalmore.dts |   10 +++++++++-
>>>>    1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114-dalmore.dts
>>>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114-dalmore.dts
>>>> index b5a42f0..9d4d2b2 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114-dalmore.dts
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114-dalmore.dts
>>>> @@ -738,6 +738,14 @@
>>>>                realtek,ldo1-en-gpios =
>>>>                    <&gpio TEGRA_GPIO(V, 3) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
>>>>            };
>>>> +
>>>> +        nct1008 {
>>>
>>>     ePAPR [1] says: "the name of a node should be somewhat generic,
>>> reflecting the function of the device and not its precise programming
>>> model". So I suggest "thermal"
>>
>> True, although there's quite some precedent for node-names being the
>> chip name for external chips in existing DTs. If we change this node
>> name, I'd like to see a patch that makes all the other "nct1008" nodes
>> match the new name...
>>
> 
> On the other side, one should not use a bad example as an argument or excuse
> to make the same mistake again (though I keep hearing it all the time ... ).
> I for my part tend to use something like temp-sensor or temp-sensor@1c.
> Advantage of that kind of node name is that it auto-describes the node.

Ok, so I will set the node name as "temp-sensor"
And I will send out patches to change all other "nct1008" nodes.

> 
> Guenter
> 

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