linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] hwmon: pmbus-core: Add label for fan and temp

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Message-ID: <c7717f89-65cc-4668-a3e0-ee042cdcd426@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:12:41 -0600
From: Ninad Palsule <ninad@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] hwmon: pmbus-core: Add label for fan and temp

Hello Guenter,

On 12/12/24 16:06, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 12/12/24 13:49, Ninad Palsule wrote:
>> Adding label files for fan and temperature sensors in the power supply.
>> The openbmc application dbus-sensor(psusensor) requires those files to
>> consfigure those sensors.
>> Note that prefix for temp label is temp[A..C] used instead of temp[1..3]
>> as dbus-sensor(psusensor) application calculate index based on last
>> digit in the name so we do not want to make index double digit after
>> appending page index.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ninad Palsule <ninad@...ux.ibm.com>
>
> We are not going to fix userspace problems in the kernel.
>
> Guenter
>

Thanks for the quick review.

Sorry I am not clear on this. I feel that it is better to support labels 
for temperature

sensors and fans like other. Are you saying we should not support these 
labels or

I need update in the patch to support them better?

Please let me know.

Thanks & Regards,

Ninad Palsule