netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND] iwlwifi, Do not implement thermal zone unless ucode is loaded

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:25:53 +0200
From:	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
Cc:	"prarit@...hat.com" <prarit@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxwifi <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
	"Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	"kvalo@...eaurora.org" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	"Ivgi, Chaya Rachel" <chaya.rachel.ivgi@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Sharon, Sara" <sara.sharon@...el.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] iwlwifi, Do not implement thermal zone unless
 ucode is loaded

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 09:44:22AM +0000, Grumbach, Emmanuel wrote:
> > If I understad correctly this error happen 100% of the time, not only during
> > init. Hence seems there is an issue here, i.e. cur_ucode is not marked
> > correctly as IWL_UCODE_REGULAR or iwl_mvm_get_temp() fail 100% of the
> > time (iwl_mvm_is_tt_in_fw() incorrecly return true on Prarit device ? ).
> 
> Cur_ucode will not be IWL_UCODE_REGULAR until you load the firmware which
> will happen upon ifup.

Then creating thermal_device on ifup looks more reasonable to me.
Otherwise we can create device that can be non-functional virtually
forever, i.e. when soft RFKILL is enabled. However I admit that
creating thermal_device when HW is detected has some advantages
too.

Stanislaw