linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] hwmon: Add support for SPD5118 compliant temperature sensors

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Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 06:14:41 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: René Rebe <rene@...ctcode.de>,
 Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@...ch.de>,
 linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, Hristo Venev <hristo@...ev.name>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Radu Sabau <radu.sabau@...log.com>,
 Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] hwmon: Add support for SPD5118 compliant temperature
 sensors

Hi René,

On 5/31/24 03:01, René Rebe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On May 31, 2024, at 11:31, Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>>> Wolfgang seems to think it's important:
>>
>> Wolfram, please.
>>
>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/tdia472d4pow2osabef24y2ujkkquplfajxmmtk5pnxllsdxsz@wxzynz7llasr/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok, but that doesn't explain the reason. Wolfram, Paul, why do you
>>> think this is needed ? Note that I am not opposed to adding spd
>>> eeprom support, but I'd like to know why I am doing it before
>>> I spend time on it.
>>
>> A working eeprom driver is needed to get 'decode-dimms' from the
>> i2c-tools package working. Jean reported that EEPROM access for DDR5 is
>> different from DDR4, so it needs a separate driver. And
>> i2c_register_spd() then needs to be updated to use the new driver for
>> DDR5.
> 
> Well my original downstream driver already had eeprom access:
> 
> 	https://svn.exactcode.de/t2/trunk/package/kernel/linux/spd-5118.patch
> 

Yes, but you didn't send it upstream, so I took it, fixed a couple of bugs,
dropped eeprom support since that is secondary for my use case as well as the
out-of-tree parity code, and submitted it. I'd be more than happy to let you
take over if you like.

Thanks,
Guenter