Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: phy: realtek: add hwmon support for temp sensor on RTL822x

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>]

On 21.01.2025 17:10, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>     Hi Heiner,
> 
> CC hwmon
> 
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2025, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> This adds hwmon support for the temperature sensor on RTL822x.
>> It's available on the standalone versions of the PHY's, and on
>> the integrated PHY's in RTL8125B/RTL8125D/RTL8126.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
> 
> Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 33700ca45b7d2e16
> ("net: phy: realtek: add hwmon support for temp sensor on
> RTL822x") in net-next.
> 
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek/Kconfig
>> @@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ config REALTEK_PHY
>>     tristate "Realtek PHYs"
>>     help
>>       Currently supports RTL821x/RTL822x and fast ethernet PHYs
>> +
>> +config REALTEK_PHY_HWMON
>> +    def_bool REALTEK_PHY && HWMON
>> +    depends on !(REALTEK_PHY=y && HWMON=m)
>> +    help
>> +      Optional hwmon support for the temperature sensor
> 
> So this is optional, but as the symbol is invisible, it cannot be
> disabled by the user. Is that intentional?
> 
Well, it isn't intentional in either direction.
Thanks for the hint, I should make it user-visible.

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
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> 
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