Re: [PATCH v18 5/8] hwmon: sy7636a: Add temperature driver for sy7636a

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Alistair,

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 1:25 PM Alistair Francis <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a multi-function device to interface with the sy7636a
> EPD PMIC chip from Silergy.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit de34a40532507814 ("hwmon:
sy7636a: Add temperature driver for sy7636a") in mfd/for-mfd-next.

> --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> @@ -1672,6 +1672,15 @@ config SENSORS_SIS5595
>           This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
>           will be called sis5595.
>
> +config SENSORS_SY7636A
> +       tristate "Silergy SY7636A"
> +       help
> +         If you say yes here you get support for the thermistor readout of
> +         the Silergy SY7636A PMIC.

As this is an i2c mfd device, you do need a dependency on MFD and I2C,
or some other symbol, unless compile-testing?

> +
> +         This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
> +         will be called sy7636a-hwmon.
> +

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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