On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 08:55:46AM -0400, Fred . wrote: >> http://www.lm-sensors.org/ticket/2370 >> Ticket says the interface definition is now upstream. >> > It is. Since it is, then I suppose its a good time to add support for this in the user-space tools. >> Since the interface definition is upstreams, why have not support been >> added to libsensors and sensors? >> > Browsing through the drivers, it seems that none have been converted > to use the new interface. I would guess that until that has been done, > it does not make sense to add untestable support for it to libsensors. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Time to implement support for this in the user-space tools. Hopefully support in drivers will follow. > Please keep in mind that most of the work done in the linux kernel is voluntary. > Especially work like this, which is a bit out of mainstream. You are always > invited to make a contribution yourself, modify the drivers as needed, and > submit your patches. Including, of course, libsensors. Unfortunately, I am not technical enough to be able to contribute. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
