From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Kun Yi <kunyi@google.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>,
linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: SENSORS_SBTSI should depend on X86
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:17:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201216201747.GB68047@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGMNF6V-w47SDAUgVAtG+Xrp0ECNOvVV1Xy5=FsXTwqc-c3NbQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 09:27:28AM -0800, Kun Yi wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:31 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 02:46:41PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > The AMD SB Temperature Sensor Interface (SB-TSI) is only present on AMD
> > > X86 SoCs. Hence add a dependency on X86, to prevent asking the user
> > > about this driver when configuring a kernel without AMD X86 platform
> > > support.
>
> Sorry, I think there is some confusion. AMD SoC is a 'remote sensor',
> or the client, whereas the device using the SB-TSI hwmon driver is the
> master.
> In industry, a typical scenario is ARM-based Board Management
> Controllers (BMCs) using SB-TSI to monitor the host CPU temperature.
>
Ah, good point. I'll drop this patch.
Thanks,
Guenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-16 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-16 16:31 [PATCH] hwmon: SENSORS_SBTSI should depend on X86 Guenter Roeck
2020-12-16 17:27 ` Kun Yi
2020-12-16 20:17 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2020-12-17 8:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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2020-12-16 13:46 Geert Uytterhoeven
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