Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Add min/max attributes and current sensors

[CÃdric Le Goater]

On 04/25/2017 04:28 PM, CÃdric Le Goater wrote:
> On 04/22/2017 08:11 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> On 04/21/2017 05:17 PM, CÃdric Le Goater wrote:
>>>> On 04/21/2017 06:31 AM, Shilpasri G Bhat wrote:
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
>>>>> index 6d2e660..1f329fa8 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
>>>>> @@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ enum sensors {
>>>>>  	{"fan", "ibm,opal-sensor-cooling-fan"},
>>>>>  	{"temp", "ibm,opal-sensor-amb-temp"},
>>>>>  	{"in", "ibm,opal-sensor-power-supply"},
>>>>> -	{"power", "ibm,opal-sensor-power"}
>>>>> +	{"power", "ibm,opal-sensor-power"},
>>>>> +	{"curr"}, /* Follows newer device tree compatible ibm,opal-sensor */
>>>>
>>>> why isn't there a compatible string ? 
>>>
>>> Skiboot exports "ibm,opal-sensor" as compatible string for all the inband
>>> sensors. Now if I define that as the compatible string here, then all the
>>> sensors would get identified as "curr" type of sensor by the driver.
>>
>> So fix it in skiboot?
> 
> 
> After a memory refresh, this table is to maintain compatibility with 
> the support of the FSP sensors in old firmware. These have peculiar
> device node names and properties.  
> 
> So What the code is doing looks correct. But, you should also modify 
> the 'enum sensors' to include a CURRENT value.

But the patch does that already. I was missing context. This is fine
then.

Thanks,

C.