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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:12:26 +0530
From: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qti.qualcomm.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ath10k: add symlink for hwmon device
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 05:39:46PM +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qti.qualcomm.com> writes:
> 
> > Add symbloic link "thermal_sensors" for hwmon devices for better
> > readability.
> >
> > /sys/class/ieee80211/phyX/device/thermal_sensors ->
> > sys/class/ieee80211/phyX/device/hwmon/hwmonY
> 
> I don't get it, how does that improve readability? Also I don't see any
> other driver doing this, so isn't this just some private hack and not a
> proper generic interface?
>
The patch is providing same level access to monitoring device similar to
cooling device.

cooling_device -> ../../../../../virtual/thermal/cooling_deviceX
thermal_sensors -> hwmon/hwmonX

-Rajkumar