Re: [1/1] w1: w1 temp calculation overflow fix.

From: Evgeniy Polyakov
Date: Tue Feb 10 2009 - 03:55:46 EST


On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 03:31:25PM -0800, Andrew Morton (akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:48:03 -0800
> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > But we still don't have a _reason_. Presumably the bug causes the
> > driver to malfunction in some manner.
>
> ah-hah. I discovered http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12646
>
> Now all is revealed!

Argh, I did not get that you need this description :)
Yes, reading sysfs temperature file may return wrong (overflown) value.

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Evgeniy Polyakov
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