linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] i8k: Rework error retries

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Message-Id: <201412012045.59404@pali>
Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 2014 20:45:59 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] i8k: Rework error retries

On Sunday 30 November 2014 22:00:39 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Instead of returning a previous value if the SMM code returns
> an error when trying to read a temperature, retry once.
> If that fails again, return -ENODATA. Also return -ENODATA if
> an attempt is made to read the GPU temperature but the GPU is
> currently turned off.
> 
> Drop the I8K_TEMPERATURE_BUG definition and handle the related
> bug unconditionally.
> 
> Cc: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---
> Applies on top of Pali's patch series.
> 
>  drivers/char/i8k.c | 47
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file
> changed, 24 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 

Working fine GPU temp (turned on or off).

Tested-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>

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Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com

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