The property "hysteresis" is mandatory for trip points, so if without it the thermal zone cannot register successfully. But "hysteresis" is ignored in the thermal subsystem and only inquired by several thermal sensor drivers. So change "hysteresis" as optional properties. Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt | 9 +++++---- drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c | 9 ++++----- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt index 41b817f..7d79e77 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt @@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ Required properties: Type: signed in millicelsius. Size: one cell -- hysteresis: A low hysteresis value on temperature property (above). - Type: unsigned This is a relative value, in millicelsius. - Size: one cell - - type: a string containing the trip type. Expected values are: "active": A trip point to enable active cooling "passive": A trip point to enable passive cooling @@ -100,6 +96,11 @@ Required properties: "critical": Hardware not reliable. Type: string +Optional properties: +- hysteresis: A low hysteresis value on temperature property (above). + Type: unsigned This is a relative value, in millicelsius. + Size: one cell + * Cooling device maps The cooling device maps node is a node to describe how cooling devices diff --git a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c index 9043f8f..ab05500 100644 --- a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c @@ -689,11 +689,10 @@ static int thermal_of_populate_trip(struct device_node *np, trip->temperature = prop; ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "hysteresis", &prop); - if (ret < 0) { - pr_err("missing hysteresis property\n"); - return ret; - } - trip->hysteresis = prop; + if (ret < 0) + pr_warning("missing hysteresis property\n"); + else + trip->hysteresis = prop; ret = thermal_of_get_trip_type(np, &trip->type); if (ret < 0) { -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html