Re: [PATCH RESEND 14/16] hwmon: add TI LMU hardware fault monitoring driver

Kim, Milo
2015-11-03T07:01:34Z

Hi Guenter,

On 11/2/2015 11:27 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 11/01/2015 09:24 PM, Milo Kim wrote:
>> LM3633 and LM3697 are TI LMU MFD device.
>> Those device have hardware monitoring feature which detects opened or
>> shorted circuit case.
>>
> Sure, but it only makes sense if you provide standard hwmon attributes
> which can be interpreted by the "sensors" command. Which is not the case
> here. You neither have a standard device type (light is not handled by hwmon),
> nor standard attributes, nor do the attributes return standard values.
>
> I think there may be a basic misunderstanding. hwmon is not intended
> to monitor a specific chip on the board. Its scope is to monitor the
> system (such as temperature, voltages, or current).
>
> In your case, it might be better to attach the attributes to the mfd device.
>

OK, got your point. Thanks a lot for your suggestion.

Best regards,
Milo

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