linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ABI: hwmon: Document "label" sysfs attribute

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jan 2022 08:41:01 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, list@...ndingux.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ABI: hwmon: Document "label" sysfs attribute

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 06:22:55PM +0000, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> Add the "label" sysfs attribute, which can contain a descriptive label
> that allows to uniquely identify a device within the system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>

Applied to hwmon-next.

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     v2: New patch
>     v3: No change
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon | 8 ++++++++
>  Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst     | 4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
> index 1f20687def44..653d4c75eddb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
> @@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ Description:
>  
>  		RO
>  
> +What:		/sys/class/hwmon/hwmonX/label
> +Description:
> +		A descriptive label that allows to uniquely identify a
> +		device within the system.
> +		The contents of the label are free-form.
> +
> +		RO
> +
>  What:		/sys/class/hwmon/hwmonX/update_interval
>  Description:
>  		The interval at which the chip will update readings.
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
> index 85652a6aaa3e..209626fb2405 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
> @@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ Global attributes
>  `name`
>  		The chip name.
>  
> +`label`
> +		A descriptive label that allows to uniquely identify a device
> +		within the system.
> +
>  `update_interval`
>  		The interval at which the chip will update readings.
>