Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: hwmon: lm75: document sysfs interface

From: Guenter Roeck

Date: Sat May 16 2026 - 13:44:05 EST


On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 01:07:27AM +0800, Chen-Shi-Hong wrote:
> Document the sysfs attributes supported by the lm75 driver.
>
> The driver exposes temp1_input, temp1_max, temp1_max_hyst, and the
> standard update_interval attribute. Some chips also expose temp1_alarm,
> and temp1_label is available if a label is provided for the device.
>
> Add a sysfs-Interface section to Documentation/hwmon/lm75.rst to
> describe the supported attributes and clarify that temp1_alarm,
> temp1_label, and the write permissions of update_interval depend on the
> chip.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Shi-Hong <eric039eric@xxxxxxxxx>

When I tried to apply this patch, I noticed that a similar patch is
already queued in hwmon-next. Sorry that I didn't realize this earlier.

Guenter

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Document temp1_label as conditionally available when a device label is
> provided.
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Add changelog requested during review.
>
> Documentation/hwmon/lm75.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm75.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/lm75.rst
> index 4269da04508e..fa8ddcaa0c2b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm75.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm75.rst
> @@ -181,3 +181,28 @@ is supported by this driver, other specific enhancements are not.
>
> The LM77 is not supported, contrary to what we pretended for a long time.
> Both chips are simply not compatible, value encoding differs.
> +
> +sysfs-Interface
> +---------------
> +
> +================ ============================================
> +temp1_input temperature input
> +temp1_max maximum temperature
> +temp1_max_hyst maximum temperature hysteresis
> +================ ============================================
> +
> +If a label is provided for the device, the following attribute is also
> +available:
> +
> +================ ============================================
> +temp1_label temperature channel label
> +================ ============================================
> +
> +If supported by the chip, the following attribute is also available:
> +
> +================ ============================================
> +temp1_alarm temperature alarm
> +================ ============================================
> +
> +The standard update_interval attribute is also supported. Its write
> +permissions depend on the chip.