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Re: [PATCH 3/3] ath10k: add symlink for hwmon device

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Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 05:39:46PM +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > Add symbloic link "thermal_sensors" for hwmon devices for better
>> > readability.
>> >
>> > /sys/class/ieee80211/phyX/device/thermal_sensors ->
>> > sys/class/ieee80211/phyX/device/hwmon/hwmonY
>> 
>> I don't get it, how does that improve readability? Also I don't see any
>> other driver doing this, so isn't this just some private hack and not a
>> proper generic interface?
>
> The patch is providing same level access to monitoring device similar to
> cooling device.
>
> cooling_device -> ../../../../../virtual/thermal/cooling_deviceX
> thermal_sensors -> hwmon/hwmonX

Is this documented somewhere? We cannot just start inventing sysfs
interfaces on our own.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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