linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] hwmon: (cros_ec) register fans into thermal framework cooling devices

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Message-ID: <63b2d985-92d4-40dd-b2b2-ab55796abc52@roeck-us.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:38:06 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
 Sung-Chi Li <lschyi@...omium.org>
Cc: Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>, Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
 Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] hwmon: (cros_ec) register fans into thermal framework
 cooling devices

On 4/30/25 07:36, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> On 2025-04-30 09:51:03+0800, Sung-Chi Li wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:45:56PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
>>> On 2025-04-29 16:14:23+0800, Sung-Chi Li via B4 Relay wrote:
>>>> From: Sung-Chi Li <lschyi@...omium.org>
>>>>
>>>> Register fans connected under EC as thermal cooling devices as well, so
>>>> these fans can then work with the thermal framework.
>>>>
>>>> During the driver probing phase, we will also try to register each fan
>>>> as a thermal cooling device based on previous probe result (whether the
>>>> there are fans connected on that channel, and whether EC supports fan
>>>> control). The basic get max state, get current state, and set current
>>>> state methods are then implemented as well.
>>>
>>> There is also HWMON_C_REGISTER_TZ, however it depends on OF.
>>> But this patch looks very generic, so maybe it makes sense to implement
>>> it in the hwmon core.
>>>
>>
>> Hi, the HWMON_C_REGISTER_TZ is for registering a thermal sensor, and here I
>> registered it as thermal cooling devices, so they are different. I followed
>> other hwmon drivers:
>>
>>    - gpio-fan.c
>>    - aspeed-pwm-tacho.c
>>    - max6650.c
>>    - qnap-mcu-hwmon.c
>>    - ...
> 
> Indeed, sorry.
> 
>> . These hwmon drivers also manually registered other cooling devices, and that
>> makes sense to me, so I think it is good to just register cooling devices rather
>> than make big changes to hwmon core.
> 
> The implementation does look like a lot of boilerplate.
> If Guenter doesn't chime in, let's stick with the current approach.
> 

Someone could make the necessary improvements to the hwmon core and clean up the drivers
implementing that boilerplate today, but that should be a separate patch series, and this
series should not depend on it.

Patches welcome ...

Thanks,
Guenter