netdev - Re: [net-next 8/9] ixgbe: add interface to export thermal data

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Date:	Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:22:12 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
CC:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <gospo@...hat.com>,
	<sassmann@...hat.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 8/9] ixgbe: add interface to export thermal data

On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 18:58 +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> 2011/12/23 Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>:
> > From: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
> >
> > Some of our adapters have thermal data available, this patch exports this
> > data via a read-only sysfs interface.
> 
> Just curious: can't this use the hwmon subsystem to be consistent with
> other system monitoring devices?

That would certainly be the proper way to expose this...

Ben.

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