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Message-ID: <824a9871-1fd4-4b92-a3b5-e57a126dac53@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 08:55:58 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Alexandre Bailon <abailon@...libre.com>, rafael@...nel.org,
daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, conor+dt@...nel.org
Cc: rui.zhang@...el.com, lukasz.luba@....com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] dt-bindings: thermal: Add a property to select the
aggregation type
On 24/05/2024 16:31, Alexandre Bailon wrote:
> This adds a new property named "aggregation" that could be used to
> select the aggregation type when there are multiple sensors assigned
> to a thermal zone.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bailon <abailon@...libre.com>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml
> index fa7a72e2ba44..e6e4b46773e3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml
> @@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ patternProperties:
> coefficients are ordered and are matched with sensors by means of the
> sensor ID. Additional coefficients are interpreted as constant offset.
>
> + aggregation:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> + enum:
> + - avg
> + - max
> + description:
> + Aggregation type to use compute a temperature from multiple sensors.
Hm, why exactly this is a property of hardware? Why on one board you
would like to average and on other use max? I can only think of a case
that some sensors give inaccurate data. Otherwise it is OS policy.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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