Re: [PATCH 3/3 net-next] tg3: Add sysfs file to export sensor data

On Fri, 2012-06-22 at 17:59 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: 

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:06:32 -0700
"Michael Chan" [off-list ref] wrote:

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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 <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>

Linux has existing sensor api's that can be used by existing
services like SNMP. Wouldn't you like the it to just work with
existing code API's?

Is it the lm-sensors API?  The data that we are exporting is for the
Lights out management for the system OEMs.  I need to check with the
OEM.