Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] drivers: hwmon: sophgo: Add SG2042 external hardware monitor support

[Inochi Amaoto]

On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 03:11:37PM GMT, Chen Wang wrote:
> 
> On 2024/7/8 8:53, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 08:25:55AM GMT, Chen Wang wrote:
> > > On 2024/7/3 10:30, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > > > SG2042 use an external MCU to provide basic hardware information
> > > > and thermal sensors.
> > > > 
> > > > Add driver support for the onboard MCU of SG2042.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >    Documentation/hwmon/index.rst |   1 +
> > > >    Documentation/hwmon/sgmcu.rst |  44 +++
> > > >    drivers/hwmon/Kconfig         |  11 +
> > > >    drivers/hwmon/Makefile        |   1 +
> > > >    drivers/hwmon/sgmcu.c         | 585 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >    5 files changed, 642 insertions(+)
> > > >    create mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/sgmcu.rst
> > > >    create mode 100644 drivers/hwmon/sgmcu.c
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> > > > index 03d313af469a..189626b3a055 100644
> > > > --- a/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> > > > +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/index.rst
> > > > @@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ Hardware Monitoring Kernel Drivers
> > > >       sch5636
> > > >       scpi-hwmon
> > > >       sfctemp
> > > > +   sgmcu
> > > This driver is for sg2042 only, right? "sgmcu" looks be general for all
> > > sophgo products.
> > Yes, according to sophgo, it use this mechanism for multiple products,
> > so I switch to a general name.
> 
> But multiple != ALL.
> 
> [......]
> 
> 

We can add new driver when there is new mechanism.