linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] hwmon: tmp108: Update driver to use hwmon_chip

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Message-Id: <B6A7DE8C-950A-4BC6-8186-308E3152FD9D@jmuir.com>
Date:   Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:10:46 -0800
From:   John Muir <john@...ir.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Linux List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] hwmon: tmp108: Update driver to use hwmon_chip_info.

> On 2016.11.27, at 15:00 , Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 09:15:37PM -0800, John Muir wrote:
>> Move the tmp108 driver from hwmon attribute groups to
>> hwmon_chip_info.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: John Muir <john@...ir.com>
>> ---
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> please have a look at the following patch.
> 
> Something else: Symbolic permissions are out of favor nowadays.
> You might instead just use 0644 / 0444. Not that I really care,
> but it prevents the inevitable follow-up patches.
> 

Hi Guenter,

Thank you for this patch. I will attempt to implement the same changes using the older interfaces in my 4.4 implementation. I will incorporate your changes and other comments as soon as I can (early this week) and re-send my patch series.

Cheers,

John.