From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Mathew McBride <matt@traverse.com.au>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
jdelvare@suse.com, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org,
shawnguo@kernel.org, leoyang.li@nxp.com, robh+dt@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] hwmon: add Microchip EMC230X fan controller driver
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 03:12:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220914101207.GA938301@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220914053030.8929-1-matt@traverse.com.au>
On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 05:30:27AM +0000, Mathew McBride wrote:
> The Microchip EMC230X (formerly made by SMSC) family of fan controllers
> provide PWM control for up to 5 fans (in the EMC2305). The EMC230X is
> capable of maintaining (closed-loop) a target RPM speed through PWM.
>
> This driver has been tested with the EMC2301 (on our Traverse Ten64
> appliance) and with the EMC2305 demo board (ADM00879).
>
> The driver is by no means complete, for example, further work would
> be required to support the different PWM output frequencies for
> voltage-based fan speed control. (So far this driver has only been
> tested with direct PWM capable fans, like the 4 pin fans found
> in recent PCs)
>
> The emc230x driver also has thermal subsystem integration which allows
> the emc230x-controlled fan(s) to be used as cooling devices.
I just accepted a driver or emc2301/2/3/5. Please submit improvements
on top of that driver if needed; we won't have competing drivers
for the same chip in the kernel, and replacing a just accepted driver
smply does not make any sense.
Guenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-14 10:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-14 5:30 [PATCH 0/3] hwmon: add Microchip EMC230X fan controller driver Mathew McBride
2022-09-14 5:30 ` [PATCH 1/3] hwmon: (emc230x) add Microchip (SMSC) EMC230X fan controller support Mathew McBride
2022-09-14 5:30 ` [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: add binding for Microchip EMC230X fan controller family Mathew McBride
2022-09-14 5:30 ` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: ten64: add configuration for fan controller Mathew McBride
2022-09-14 10:12 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2022-09-14 10:24 ` [PATCH 0/3] hwmon: add Microchip EMC230X fan controller driver Mathew McBride
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