linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: add fan speed monitoring driver for Surface devices

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:15:01 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Ivor Wanders <ivor@...nders.net>
Cc: corbet@....net, hdegoede@...hat.com, jdelvare@...e.com,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luzmaximilian@...il.com,
	markgross@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: add fan speed monitoring driver for Surface
 devices

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 05:55:21PM -0500, Ivor Wanders wrote:
> > No, sorry. Limit attributes are supposed to be used to program limits,
> > not to report constant values to userspace
> 
> Thank you for this feedback, I've proposed improvements to the
> documentation in [1] that clarify this. I will incorporate this feedback
> and submit a second version.
> 
This applies to all hwmon sysfs attributes and is already documented.

Guenter