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

Josh Boyer jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Sep 9 22:15:08 EST 2008


On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 01:52:29PM +0200, Matthias Fuchs wrote:
>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.

I already have it queued up.

josh



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