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

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Date:   Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:25:05 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     John Muir <john@...ir.com>
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 11/27/2016 06:10 PM, John Muir wrote:
>> 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.
>
Hi John,

My pleasure.

I also wrote a module test for the driver (with my patch applied):

https://github.com/groeck/module-tests/blob/master/scripts/tmp108.sh

Just in case you want to give it a try.

Guenter