Re: [PATCH v4 1/8] hwmon/misc: amd-sbi: Move core sbtsi support from hwmon to misc

[Guenter Roeck]

On 7/10/26 04:16, Akshay Gupta wrote:
> From: Prathima <Prathima.Lk@xxxxxxx>
>
> Move SBTSI(Side-Band Temperature Sensor Interface) core functionality out
> of the hwmon-only path and into drivers/misc/amd-sbi so it can be reused
> by non-hwmon consumers.
>
> I2C probe parsing is moved from drivers/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.c
> into drivers/misc/amd-sbi/tsi.c under CONFIG_AMD_SBTSI. The core driver
> stores struct sbtsi_data on the bus device and registers an auxiliary
> device amd-sbtsi.temp-sensor.<addr> per target.
> The current hwmon temp sensor will now require the CONFIG_AMD_SBTSI
> configuration as a new dependency.
>
> This split prepares the driver for additional interfaces while keeping
> hwmon support in hwmon subsystem on top of common SBTSI core logic.
>
> Add platform dependencies to clarify this driver is intended to run on
> the BMC and not on the managed node.
>
> Reviewed-by: Akshay Gupta <Akshay.Gupta@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Prathima <Prathima.Lk@xxxxxxx>

Regarding Sashiko's comments, I asume there can only be one of these
in a given system.

Given that,

Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Assuming that the series will be picked up together through some
  other maintainer ]

Thanks,
Guenter