[PATCH] powerpc/44x: Add hwmon support to Sequoia device tree

Matthias Fuchs matthias.fuchs at esd-electronics.com
Tue Sep 9 21:52:29 EST 2008


On Monday 08 September 2008 18:03, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 05:07:15PM +0200, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
> > How about "dtt"? That's what we use in U-Boot for digital temperature
> > sensors as well.
> 
> I vote against any acronyms that are not very well known.  Even knowing
> that it's supposed to be "digital temperature <something>", I can't
> figure out what the <something> is.  Not having the context that it
> relates to temperature, I wouldn't have a clue what "dtt" is.
> 
> hwmon is concise and fairly obvious, and unlike "temp" could be
> meaningfully used with chips that also monitor voltages, fan speeds, etc.
> 
> -Scott

Uh, thanks Scott. Now we got it. I am fully with you and my "V2" patch
should make everybody happy.

So, let's apply this patch.

Matthias




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