Re: [PATCH v4 1/8] hwmon/misc: amd-sbi: Move core sbtsi support from hwmon to misc

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 7/10/26 04:16, Akshay Gupta wrote:
> From: Prathima <Prathima.Lk@amd.com>
> 
> Move SBTSI(Side-Band Temperature Sensor Interface) core functionality out
> of the hwmon-only path and into drivers/misc/amd-sbi so it can be reused
> by non-hwmon consumers.
> 
> I2C probe parsing is moved from drivers/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.c
> into drivers/misc/amd-sbi/tsi.c under CONFIG_AMD_SBTSI. The core driver
> stores struct sbtsi_data on the bus device and registers an auxiliary
> device amd-sbtsi.temp-sensor.<addr> per target.
> The current hwmon temp sensor will now require the CONFIG_AMD_SBTSI
> configuration as a new dependency.
> 
> This split prepares the driver for additional interfaces while keeping
> hwmon support in hwmon subsystem on top of common SBTSI core logic.
> 
> Add platform dependencies to clarify this driver is intended to run on
> the BMC and not on the managed node.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Akshay Gupta <Akshay.Gupta@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Prathima <Prathima.Lk@amd.com>

Regarding Sashiko's comments, I asume there can only be one of these
in a given system.

Given that,

Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>

[ Assuming that the series will be picked up together through some
   other maintainer ]

Thanks,
Guenter