linux-kernel - Re: v4.10-rc4 to v4.10-rc5: battery regression on Nokia N900

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:09:47 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        sre@...nel.org, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, tony@...mide.com, khilman@...nel.org,
        aaro.koskinen@....fi, ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com,
        patrikbachan@...il.com, serge@...lyn.com, abcloriens@...il.com,
        fabio.estevam@....com
Subject: Re: v4.10-rc4 to v4.10-rc5: battery regression on Nokia N900


> >If this is the case, you'd better set
> >(struct thermal_zone_params)->no_hwmon when registering the thermal
> >zone device, in which case, the hwmon device will not be created.
> >
> >In fact, I'd prefer to change tzp->no_hwmon to tzp->hwmon to not create
> >hwmon I/F by default, and see if there is anyone using it. If yes, we
> >can set the flag in soc thermal driver, explicitly, at meantime, a
> >hwmon compatible name is required.
> >
> >But one foreseeable result is that we may get bug reports from end user
> >that some sensors (acpitz, etc) are gone in 'sensors' output. And TBH,
> >I'm not quite sure if this can be counted as a regression or not.
> >
> 
> That sounds like fun. Changing bq27200-0 to bq27200_0 is Forbidden by
> the ABI Police, but taking the entire device away is ok.

Stop trying to break other people's systems. Thanks you.



									Pavel
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