Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (lm63) Add sensor type attribute for external sensor on LM96163

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On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:14:45 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 16:51 -0500, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > It's questionable whether you want 3 or rather 1 for TruTherm beta
> > compensation mode. While Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface says 1 is
> > PII/Celeron Diode, I think this is an historical glitch and what it
> > really means is "CPU embedded diode". It might be the right time to fix
> > that. BTW "sensors" says just "diode" for type 1, with no reference to
> > PII/Celeron.
> > 
> Ok with me. Should we change the documentation as well (separate
> patch) ?

I think so, yes. Either you do it, or I'll do if you prefer.

> > (...)
> > It might make sense to return the error value if the write fails?
> > 
> We could do that, but it should be a separate patch to add error
> handling to the entire driver.

Good point, I agree.

-- 
Jean Delvare

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