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Subject: Re: [PATCH] powernv: Add OCC driver to mmap sensor area
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Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> This driver provides interface to mmap the OCC sensor area
> to userspace to parse and read OCC inband sensors.

Why?

Is this for debug? If so, the existing exports interface should be used.

If there's actual sensors, we already have two ways of exposing sensors
to Linux: the OPAL_SENSOR API and the IMC API.

Why this method and not use the existing ones?

-- 
Stewart Smith
OPAL Architect, IBM.