linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ARM: tegra: dalmore: add thermal zones for nct1008

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Message-ID: <531692D2.6040204@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:58:26 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
CC:	"khali@...ux-fr.org" <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ARM: tegra: dalmore: add thermal zones for nct1008

On 03/04/2014 07:30 PM, Wei Ni wrote:
> On 03/05/2014 06:23 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 03:06:48PM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>>> On 03/04/2014 04:31 AM, Wei Ni wrote:
>>>> Add dt node to describe the thermal zone for the nct1008.
>>>>
>>>> Change-Id: I0256836e52d73ec282574e4fd91df52958936e35
>>>
>>> ???????
>>>
>> I think this is for one of those open-source sites out there
>> which count open source contributions. Not Ohloh, but similar.
>> You have to specify that Change-Id to have it associate your
>> name with the patch.
> 
> It's so sorry, I'm working for chromiumos, this change-id is generated
> by gerrit, I should remove it.
> 
>>
>> Guenter
>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114-dalmore.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114-dalmore.dts
>>>
>>>> +	thermal-zones {
>>>> +		nct1008-local {
>>>> +			polling-delay-passive = <2000>; /* milliseconds */
>>>
>>> Nothing can possible make use of this node, since there's no compatible
>>> value or anything else like that to bind a driver to it.
> 
> We have special Tskin driver that estimator skin temperature based on
> nct1008 local and remote sensors.

Where? Anything that gets added to the upstream kernel DT files must be
supported by a driver and binding in the upstream kernel.

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