Re: [PATCH 2/3] thermal: Add Mediatek thermal controller support

From: Sascha Hauer
Date: Fri Feb 19 2016 - 02:21:40 EST


On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 07:15:54AM -0800, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> Folks,
>
> > > I think the problem is, that Eduardo wants to see the hierachical thermal
> > > zones being used. But there is still a discussion ongoing [1].
> >
> > It seems the original Author lost interest in the hierarchical thermal
> > zones. I am not convinced that we need hierarchical thermal zones for
> > the Mediatek driver since from the five sensors we only need the maximum
> > temperature (If this ever changes we could still rework it).
> >
> > Given the current speed of communication I am not willing to add
> > another, possibly controversal, dependency to an otherwise simple
> > driver. I am even less willing when concerns like these come after *v12*
> > of this series.
> >
> > Eduardo, it would really help to get a word from you.
>
> Apologize for the long delays here. In fact I want the hierarchical
> support on this driver. But given that it is not really a strong
> dependency and the hierarchical support is still an ongoing development,
> I don't see why we should not merge this driver.
>
> I also have had the chance to try it out in a board, and seams to work
> for me. I am adding to my tree.

Thanks for applying :)

Sascha


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