Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] dt-bindings: thermal: Add a property to select the aggregation type

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 24/05/2024 16:31, Alexandre Bailon wrote:
> This adds a new property named "aggregation" that could be used to
> select the aggregation type when there are multiple sensors assigned
> to a thermal zone.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bailon <abailon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml        | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml
> index fa7a72e2ba44..e6e4b46773e3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml
> @@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ patternProperties:
>            coefficients are ordered and are matched with sensors by means of the
>            sensor ID. Additional coefficients are interpreted as constant offset.
>  
> +      aggregation:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> +        enum:
> +          - avg
> +          - max
> +        description:
> +          Aggregation type to use compute a temperature from multiple sensors.

Hm, why exactly this is a property of hardware? Why on one board you
would like to average and on other use max? I can only think of a case
that some sensors give inaccurate data. Otherwise it is OS policy.

Best regards,
Krzysztof