linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] hwmon: (core) New hwmon registration API

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Message-ID: <57957F9C.8060100@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:55:24 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>
Cc:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
	Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] hwmon: (core) New hwmon registration API

On 07/24/2016 12:08 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 17/07/16 06:30, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> Up to now, each hwmon driver has to implement its own sysfs attributes.
>> This requires a lot of template code, and distracts from the driver's core
>> function to read and write chip registers.
>>
>> To be able to reduce driver complexity, move sensor attribute handling
>> and thermal zone registration into hwmon core. By using the new API,
>> driver code and data size is typically reduced by 20-70%, depending
>> on driver complexity and the number of sysfs attributes supported.
>>
>> With this patch, the new API only supports thermal sensors. Support for
>> other sensor types will be added with subsequent patches.
>>
> Looks good to me which is pretty unusual for a V2 of anything ;)
>

Thanks ... unfortunately, it wasn't perfect, so I'll have to send another version.
The thermal code needs to be surrounded with "#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_THERMAL)
&& defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_OF)".

Guenter