From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Supporting ADT7481 temperature sensor
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:51:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5221F4D2.4000607@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FF6D174B07759740B0259F914CE6D7D305339414@LONMLVEM04.e2k.ad.ge.com>
On 08/31/2013 05:56 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:21:27 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 02:04:53PM +0200, Mercier Ivan wrote:
>>> Hi everybody,
>>> I have a ADT7481 sensor and I would like to make it work.
>>> What the current status of this driver?
>>> Does somebody start writting some code?
>>> How can I start?
>>>
>> If you compare the datasheet with other temperature sensor datasheets, you'll
>> notice similarities with ADT7461 and MAX6696, both of which are supported by the
>> lm90 driver. You can start from there, look for similarities and differences,
>> add support for ADT7481 to the lm90 driver, and submit a patch to get it
>> integrated.
>
> For reference, lm90 vs. new driver was already discussed here:
> http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2009-January/025132.html
>
the lm90 driver changed significantly since then, though. Support for
the third sensor is there now, and adding a new sensor type is much easier.
I only had a quick glance, but ADT7481 looks pretty similar to MAX6696.
Guenter
> Back then, Malcolm Crossley (Cc'd) was working on adding support for
> the ADT7481. It was four years ago, I have no idea if it actually
> happened or not. Malcolm, do you have code you would like to share with
> Ivan?
>
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-12 12:18 [lm-sensors] Supporting ADT7481 temperature sensor
2009-01-12 18:49 ` Hans de Goede
2009-01-14 10:29 ` Jean Delvare
2009-01-14 11:50 `
2009-01-14 14:55 ` Jean Delvare
2012-10-12 10:30 ` Jia Hongtao-B38951
2012-10-12 13:18 ` Tabi Timur-B04825
2012-10-12 15:58 ` Jean Delvare
2012-10-15 2:21 ` Jia Hongtao-B38951
2012-10-15 2:22 ` Jia Hongtao-B38951
2013-08-30 12:04 ` Mercier Ivan
2013-08-30 16:21 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-08-31 12:56 ` Jean Delvare
2013-08-31 13:51 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2013-09-03 11:00 ` Mercier Ivan
2013-09-10 7:26 ` Jean Delvare
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