Re: [PATCHv2] hwmon: adm9240: handle temperature readings below 0

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Tue Oct 04 2016 - 18:17:07 EST


On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 10:40:54AM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
> Unlike the temperature thresholds the temperature data is a 9-bit signed
> value. This allows and additional 0.5 degrees of precision on the
> reading but makes handling negative values slightly harder. In order to
> have sign-extension applied correctly the 9-bit value is stored in the
> upper bits of a signed 16-bit value. When presenting this in sysfs the
> value is shifted and scaled appropriately.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied (after removing the extra () in the data->temp assignment).

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Simplify as per feedback from Guenter.
> - Re-word commit message.
>
> drivers/hwmon/adm9240.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adm9240.c b/drivers/hwmon/adm9240.c
> index 98114ce..8d8ede8 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/adm9240.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/adm9240.c
> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static struct adm9240_data *adm9240_update_device(struct device *dev)
> data->temp = ((i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client,
> ADM9240_REG_TEMP) << 8) |
> i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client,
> - ADM9240_REG_TEMP_CONF)) / 128;
> + ADM9240_REG_TEMP_CONF));
>
> for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { /* read fans */
> data->fan[i] = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client,
> @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *dummy,
> char *buf)
> {
> struct adm9240_data *data = adm9240_update_device(dev);
> - return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", data->temp * 500); /* 9-bit value */
> + return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", data->temp / 128 * 500); /* 9-bit value */
> }
>
> static ssize_t show_max(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *devattr,
> --
> 2.10.1
>
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