Re: [lm-sensors] [RESEND PATCH V1 0/9] thermal: introduce DT thermal zone build

On 07/18/2013 07:53 AM, Eduardo Valentin wrote:

Hello Guenter,

On 17-07-2013 18:09, Guenter Roeck wrote:

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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:17:19AM -0400, Eduardo Valentin
wrote:

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Hello all,

As you noticed, I am working in a way to represent thermal
data using device tree [1]. Essentially, this should be a way
to say what to do with a sensor and how to associate (cooling)
actions with it.

Seems to me that goes way beyond the supposed scope of devicetree
data. Devicetree data is supposed to describe hardware, not its
configuration or use. This is clearly a use case.

Thanks for rising your voice here. It is important to know what
hwmon ppl think about this.

I meant to find time to read Guenter's original email where he
initially objected to putting data into DT, and determine exactly what
was being objected to. I still haven't:-( However, the arguments that
Eduardo stated in his email do make sense to me; I agree that
temperature limits really are a description of HW. Details of which
cooling methods to invoke when certain temperature limits are reached
is also part of the HW/system design, and hence I would tend to agree
that they're appropriate to include in DT. Anyway, that's just my 2
cents on the matter:-)