On Sunday 22 May 2005 01:50, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > > I really think that as far as I2C subsystem goes instead of creating > > arrays of attributes we should move in direction of drivers > > registering individual sensor class devices. So for example it87 would > > register 3 fans, 3 temp, sensors and 8 voltage sensors... > > First, it's a matter of hardware monitoring drivers, not i2c subsystem > (both are tightly binded at the moment but I'd like this to change). > Right, it's just i2c is pretty much the only supplier of these for now. > Second, not all devices have the same attributes for a temperature, fan > or voltage channel. Sure there are commonly found feature sets, but some > channels will lack some feature (e.g. it87's in8 has no min and max > limits), other chips will provide additional features (extra limits or > enhanced configurability). So I don't think you can have all devices > (and thus all drivers) fit into a single sensor class. > Well, userspace code manages it somehow, plus nothing stops driver from adding some additional attributes to class devices. > But of course I can be convinced your approach is better, with patches. Heh, I was afraid you'd say so... Input sysfs conversion first and then we'll see... -- Dmitry
