linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] hwmon: drivetemp: support to be a platform driver for thermal

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:16:20 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     phinex <phinex@...ltek.com>, jdelvare@...e.com
Cc:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] hwmon: drivetemp: support to be a platform driver for
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On 3/15/23 05:16, phinex wrote:
> Support thermal zone so that we can just rely on dts to describe a
> thermal zone and do the cooling operations.
> 
> You can define a comptible string "drivetemp,hdd-sensors" to enable
> this, such as
> 
> 	sata_port0: sata-port@0 {
> 		compatible = "drivetemp,hdd-sensors";
> 		#thermal-sensor-cells = <0>;
> 	}
> 
> Then define a thermal with this sensor to get it work.
> 
>                 hdd_thermal: hdd-thermal {
>                         thermal-sensors = <&sata_port0>;
> 		}
> 
> In most of the SoC systems, using dts to handle cooling is common.
> This can eliminate the usage of user space application to check
> the value exported in hwmon and then through sysfs to cooling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: phinex <phinex@...ltek.com>
> 

The driver registers drivetemp instances with the hwmon core using
HWMON_C_REGISTER_TZ. That means there should already be a thermal zone
for each instance. If that doesn't work, please find out why and fix it
instead of replicating what the hwmon core already is supposed to be
doing.

Guenter