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

[Grumbach, Emmanuel]

> 
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 06:27:30PM +0000, Grumbach, Emmanuel wrote:
> > I guess that works, but it seems wrong to me. Usually, registration
> > should happen only upon INIT, and yes, at that time the firmware is
> > not ready to provide the information yet.
> <snip>
> > >
> > > As can be seen in the current code base, iwl_mvm_tzone_get_temp()
> > > will return -EIO 100% of the time when the firmware doesn't support
> > > reading the
> 
> 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.

> 
> BTW, you implement thermal_zone device, but do you also need hwmon
> device? Perhaps using theramal_zone_params no_hwmon option would be
> proper here?

That's an interesting direction. I'd have to check, but TBH, I am not familiar with
that code. Luca was very involved during the development but he is not available
right now. I will be back more the less when the merge window will close :)

> 
> Stanislaw