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| From | Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] powernv: Add OCC driver to mmap sensor area |
| Date | 2017-10-02 05:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <uvZqV-289-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes: > This driver provides interface to mmap the OCC sensor area > to userspace to parse and read OCC inband sensors. Why? Is this for debug? If so, the existing exports interface should be used. If there's actual sensors, we already have two ways of exposing sensors to Linux: the OPAL_SENSOR API and the IMC API. Why this method and not use the existing ones? -- Stewart Smith OPAL Architect, IBM.
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[PATCH] powernv: Add OCC driver to mmap sensor area Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-09-29 09:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH] powernv: Add OCC driver to mmap sensor area Oliver <oohall@gmail.com> - 2017-09-29 09:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] powernv: Add OCC driver to mmap sensor area Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-10-02 05:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH] powernv: Add OCC driver to mmap sensor area Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@au1.ibm.com> - 2017-10-02 10:40 +0200
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