RE: [PATCH 0/5] scsi: ufs: ufs device as a temperature sensor

From: Avi Shchislowski
Date: Thu Feb 06 2020 - 05:40:07 EST


As it become evident that the hwmon is not a viable option to implement ufs thermal notification, I would appreciate some concrete comments of this series.

Thanks,
Avi

>
> > On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 09:29:57PM +0000, Avri Altman wrote:
> > > > >> Can you add an explanation why this can't be added to the just-
> > > > introduced
> > > > >> 'drivetemp' driver in the hwmon subsystem, and why it make
> > > > >> sense to
> > > > have
> > > > >> proprietary attributes for temperature and temperature limits ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Guenter hi,
> > > Yeah - I see your point. But here is the thing - UFS devices support
> > > only a subset of scsi commands.
> > > It does not support ATA_16 nor SMART attributes.
> > > Moreover, you can't read UFS attributes using any other
> > > scsi/ATA/SATA Commands, nor it obey the ATA temperature sensing
> conventions.
> > > So unless you want to totally break the newly born drivetemp -
> > > Better to leave ufs devices out of it.
> > >
> >
> > drivetemp is written with extensibility in mind. For example, Martin
> > has a prototype enhancement which supports SCSI drive temperature
> sensors.
> > As long as a device can be identified as ufs device, and as long as
> > there
> The ufs device does not identifies as such, e.g. by INQUIRY or other.
>
> > is a means to pass-through commands, adding a new type would be easy.
> I am unaware of any such option.
> Device management commands are privet to the ufs driver.
>
> Thanks,
> Avri