[PATCH] Add MAX6650 support

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Am Sonntag, 11. Februar 2007 17:22 schrieb Hans-J?rgen Koch:
> Am Sonntag 11 Februar 2007 16:44 schrieb corentin.labbe:
> > Hello
> >
> > i saw some problems in your code:
> >
> > On line 141 you excess the 80 characters width
> > + static ssize_t get_fan(struct device *dev, struct
> > device_attribute *devattr, char *buf, int nr)
> >
> >
> > On the comment you have written "MAX6650 also" instead of "MAX6551
> > also" * This module has only been tested with the MAX6650 chip. It
> > should * work with the MAX6650 also, though with reduced
> > functionality. It * does not distinguish max6650 and max6651 chips.
> >
> >
> > You must use dev_dbg instead of #ifdef debug
> >
> >
> > On line 535 the while(0) is useless
> > erase the max6650_init_client function
> > +static void max6650_init_client(struct i2c_client *client)
> > +{
> > +	/* Nothing to do here - assume the BIOS has initialized the chip
> > */ +	while(0)
> > +	{
> > +		;
> > +	}
> > +}
> >
> >
> > Don't use down() up()
> > replace with mutex
> >
> > On line 553
> > 	MAX6650_REG_TACH0, MAX6650_REG_TACH1,
> > 	MAX6650_REG_TACH2, MAX6650_REG_TACH3
> > 	one per line
> > 	"," at the end
> > like
> > static const u8 tach_reg[] =
> > {
> > 	MAX6650_REG_TACH0,
> > 	MAX6650_REG_TACH1,
> > 	MAX6650_REG_TACH2,
> > 	MAX6650_REG_TACH3,
> > };
> >
> >
> > Why use max6650_read_value and max6650_write_value?
> > replace with i2c_smbus_write_byte_data and i2c_smbus_read_byte_data
> > directly
> >
> > Check error return code of i2c_detach_client(client);
> > like
> > if ((err = i2c_detach_client(client)))
> > 	return err;
> >
> >
> > Don't use many device_create_file
> > use sysfs_create_group
>
> Thanks for your review, I'll look at the code again and post an
> updated patch soon.
>

Hi,
here's the promised patch with these issues hopefully solved. I tested the 
module on a Kontron CPX board, with a vanilla 2.6.20 kernel, it seems to work 
fine.

Thanks again for the review,

Hans
 
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