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

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Message-ID: <20120105190356.41a8907c@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:03:56 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.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, 23 Dec 2011 18:58:48 +0100
Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com> 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?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Michał Mirosław

There is also libsensors support in net-snmp, so if you use standard API's
the values can be monitored with standard management tools.
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