linux-kernel - Re: Conversion of w83627ehf to hwmon_device_register_with

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Date:   Thu, 2 Mar 2017 18:56:01 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Conversion of w83627ehf to hwmon_device_register_with_info ?

Hi Peter,

On 03/02/2017 04:33 PM, Peter Hüwe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is anybody else working on the conversion of the w83627ehf to the new
> hwmon_device_register_with_info interface?
>
I don't think so.

> Otherwise I will probably update the driver to this interface within the next
> days - but since it's a lot of work I wanted to check for duplication first.
>
Go ahead. I would suggest to drop nct6775/nct6776 support to simplify the code
when you do that. Maybe as separate commit, though.

> Do you think it makes sense to introduce a hwmon_sensor_types for "intrusion"
> as well? - there are currently 8 drivers who offer that interface.
>
I don't really like the idea of introducing another type for just one attribute,
but it might be the easiest and most consistent approach. Feel free to submit
a patch to add it.

Guenter