linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: arm_scpi: add support for 64-bit sensor values

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:36:04 +0000
From:	Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
To:	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, lm-sensors@...sensors.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: arm_scpi: add support for 64-bit sensor values

Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> writes:

> SCPI specification version 1.1 extended the sensor from 32-bit to 64-bit
> values in order to accommodate new sensor class with 64-bit requirements
>
> Since the SCPI driver sets the higher 32-bit for older protocol version
> to zeros, there's no need to explicitly check the SCPI protocol version
> and the backward compatibility is maintainted.
>
> Cc: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>

Thanks for the update to the driver.

       Reviewed-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>

> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/arm_scpi.c   | 8 +++++---
>  drivers/hwmon/scpi-hwmon.c    | 6 +++---
>  include/linux/scpi_protocol.h | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> Hi Guenter,
>
> Since I have couple of other fixes for SCPI driver, if you can provide
> your ACKs to this couple of patches after your review, I can take all of
> them together via ARM-SoC if that's fine with you.
>
> Regards,
> Sudeep
>

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