Re: [PATCH 0/5] scsi: ufs: ufs device as a temperature sensor

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 12:46:54PM +0200, Avi Shchislowski wrote:
> UFS3.0 allows using the ufs device as a temperature sensor. The
> purpose of this feature is to provide notification to the host of the
> UFS device case temperature. It allows reading of a rough estimate
> (+-10 degrees centigrade) of the current case temperature, And
> setting a lower and upper temperature bounds, in which the device
> will trigger an applicable exception event.
> 
> We added the capability of responding to such notifications, while
> notifying the kernel's thermal core, which further exposes the thermal
> zone attributes to user space. UFS temperature attributes are all
> read-only, so only thermal read ops (.get_xxx) can be implemented.
> 

Can you add an explanation why this can't be added to the just-introduced
'drivetemp' driver in the hwmon subsystem, and why it make sense to
have proprietary attributes for temperature and temperature limits ?

Thanks,
Guenter

> Avi Shchislowski (5):
>   scsi: ufs: Add ufs thermal support
>   scsi: ufs: export ufshcd_enable_ee
>   scsi: ufs: enable thermal exception event
>   scsi: ufs-thermal: implement thermal file ops
>   scsi: ufs: temperature atrributes add to ufs_sysfs

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