From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guenter Roeck Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:51:14 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Supporting ADT7481 temperature sensor Message-Id: <5221F4D2.4000607@roeck-us.net> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org 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? > _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors