From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754570Ab2LLS2r (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:28:47 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:34805 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753775Ab2LLS2q (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:28:46 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:28:38 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Cc: Durgadoss R , Zhang Rui Subject: Re: Thermal: Add a thermal notifier for user space Message-ID: <20121212182838.GA7497@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Durgadoss R , Zhang Rui References: <20121212180547.F12BE6606F0@gitolite.kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121212180547.F12BE6606F0@gitolite.kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 06:05:47PM +0000, Linux Kernel wrote: > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=1cc807a234cb988d69ba18f6a3a1c68d71e54bed > Commit: 1cc807a234cb988d69ba18f6a3a1c68d71e54bed > Parent: e151a202a084f9f4310d1aa4398325c56ca95fda > Author: Durgadoss R > AuthorDate: Tue Sep 18 11:05:03 2012 +0530 > Committer: Zhang Rui > CommitDate: Mon Nov 5 14:00:08 2012 +0800 > > Thermal: Add a thermal notifier for user space > > This patch registers a governor which will let the > user land manage the platform thermals. Whenever a > trip happens, this governor just notifies the user > space using kobj_uevent(). > > Signed-off-by: Durgadoss R > Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui > +config USER_SPACE > + bool "User_space thermal governor" > + depends on THERMAL > + help > + Enable this to let the user space manage the platform thermals. This is terribly generic sounding. Might I suggest THERMAL_USER_SPACE instead ? Dave