I am sorry tha I do not have the nescesary equipment nor skill set in order to be able to help test or contribute with code. Now since the interface definition is upstreams, I hope that someone may implement the feature in at least one of the drivers. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 06:42:27PM -0400, Fred . wrote: >> 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. >> > This is not a matter of chicken and egg. Driver support must come first, > to be able to test the user space tools. Besides, tools support w/o kernel > support doesn't provide any value at all, untested or not. > > Since you state yourself that you don't have the technical knowledge to make > any contribution yourself, it might be a good idea to listen to those who _do_ > have the technical knowledge when it comes to deciding what must come first. > You can not both claim technical knowledge good enough to determine what > comes first, but then claim to not have the knowledge to actually do the work. > > Frankly, I think you are shooting yourself into the foot here. You keep > making requests without providing anything. If you had asked a bit more > friendly and at the very least offered to help with testing, people might > be more willing to support you. But all we get is your demands and a statement > that you will not (be able to) contribute yourself. Not really a good start. > > Guenter > _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
