Re: [RESEND,PATCHv6 1/1] Add support for GMT G762/G763 PWM fan controllers

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Hi Simon,

Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I have tested this patch on my 2Big Network v2 board.
>
> Sometimes I get a weird "No such device" error while reading or writing
> the hwmon sysfs attributes. For example:
>
> # cat pwm1
> cat: read error: No such device
> # cat pwm1
> 0

Weird, I cannot reproduce that at all on my ReadyNAS Duo v2.

> Note, that if the same command is executed again (just after the faulty
> one), then it will succeed most of the time. The errors seems to happen
> quite randomly and not very often. I'd say one time over ten tries.
> I suppose this error is now visible due to the enhanced error path in
> g762_update_client. It looks like we learn something by checking the
> return value for i2c_smbus_read_byte_data :)
>
> Except that, all is working as expected. This new version fixes
> effectively open-loop driving when the set_cnt register is set to 0xff.
>
> Also I am planning (hopefully this Wednesday) to test your patch on my
> 5Big Network v2 board. This last also embed a g762 controller but with a
> three wires fan instead. Then, I should be able to test the closed-loop
> mode behaviour.

Thanks for your tests, Simon.

Cheers,

a+ 
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