Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] hwmon: pmbus-core: Add label for fan and temp

[Ninad Palsule <ninad@linux.ibm.com>]

Hi Guenter,


On 12/13/24 11:08, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 12/13/24 08:12, Ninad Palsule wrote:
>> Hello Guenter,
>>
>> On 12/12/24 16:06, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> On 12/12/24 13:49, Ninad Palsule wrote:
>>>> Adding label files for fan and temperature sensors in the power 
>>>> supply.
>>>> The openbmc application dbus-sensor(psusensor) requires those files to
>>>> consfigure those sensors.
>>>> Note that prefix for temp label is temp[A..C] used instead of 
>>>> temp[1..3]
>>>> as dbus-sensor(psusensor) application calculate index based on last
>>>> digit in the name so we do not want to make index double digit after
>>>> appending page index.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ninad Palsule <ninad@linux.ibm.com>
>>>
>>> We are not going to fix userspace problems in the kernel.
>>>
>>> Guenter
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the quick review.
>>
>> Sorry I am not clear on this. I feel that it is better to support 
>> labels for temperature
>>
>> sensors and fans like other. Are you saying we should not support 
>> these labels or
>>
>> I need update in the patch to support them better?
>>
>
> There should be no such labels. Labels are supposed to have specific 
> meanings,
> such as "this is the CPU temperature sensor", not vague meanings such 
> as "tempA".
>
> Guenter

Thanks for the quick response. I will remove these changes for now and 
will talk to you later about

better option.

Thanks & Regards,

Ninad Palsule