Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: f71882fg: Add support for the

[Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On 08/18/2010 08:24 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:01:36 +0200
> Hans de Goede<hdegoede@redhat.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 08/10/2010 09:11 PM, Giel van Schijndel wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 01:36:22PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>> On 08/01/2010 03:30 PM, Giel van Schijndel wrote:
>>>>> Allow device probing to recognise the Fintek F71808E.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sysfs interface:
>>>>>     * Fan/pwm control is the same as for F71889FG
>>>>
>>>> My datasheet strongly disagrees with this ...
>>>
>>> I just noticed this patch was applied to mainline anyway.  Regardless, I
>>> will (try to) address these issues you raised.
>>>
>>> Right now however, I am prioritising personal stuff above this
>>> driver---bachelor's thesis and graduation presentation.  When finished
>>> with that (september) I'll allocate time to these issues again.
>>>
>>
>> I've send a mail directly to akpm asking for this to be removed, hopefully
>> this will help.
>
> It seems that I managed to muck up my paperwork and the patch was
> merged into mainline.
>
> We can revert it, or we can fix it up in place in time for 2.6.36.
> What do you guys suggest?

Since both Giel and I are low on time to work on this, and since missing
hwmon support on a system is not really a big deal (for most users) I suggest
that this patch is reverted until we find the time to do it properly.

Regards,

Hans

p.s.

I've already seen mails that you've dropped this patch from -mm, does that
mean it thas been removed from mainly too ? If not please remove it from
mainline / ask Linus to remove it.

Thanks.

Hans

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