On Fri, 02 May 2008, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Actually, just libsensors would, and the local admin can adjust it at > > will using the config file. > > > > Nobody in userspace should be reading hwmon sysfs directly without the > > use of libsensors. If they are, it is their bug, and it is unsupported > > AFAIK. > > Hmm, that's an interesting ABI design. No, I do not think that's a > good idea. That's how it is. The kernel drivers are to attempt to do their best to give proper readings. But if they don't, the library can apply arbritary user-configurable adjustments. I'd rather different attribute names like "raw_temp#" were used when the adjustment thorugh libsensors is *required*, though. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
