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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3 net-next] tg3: Add sysfs file to export sensor data
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From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:06:32 -0700

> Some tg3 devices have management firmware that can export data such as
> temperature and other real time diagnostics data.  Export this data to
> sysfs so that userspace can access this information.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>

I do not agree that sysfs is the appropriate place to export binary
data.