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Subject: Re: [net-next 8/9] ixgbe: add interface to export thermal data
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:03:56 -0800
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Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>, davem@davemloft.net,
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:58:48 +0100
Micha=B3 Miros=B3aw <mirqus@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/12/23 Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>:
> > From: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com>
> >
> > Some of our adapters have thermal data available, this patch export=
s this
> > data via a read-only sysfs interface.
>=20
> Just curious: can't this use the hwmon subsystem to be consistent wit=
h
> other system monitoring devices?
>=20
> Best Regards,
> Micha=B3 Miros=B3aw

There is also libsensors support in net-snmp, so if you use standard AP=
I's
the values can be monitored with standard management tools.