Hi Guenter. Thanks for the help. :-) On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 11:55:19AM -0300, Leandro de Marco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am implementing a driver for the TMP512/513 temperature chip. > > > > It has a local temp sensor and 2/3 remote temp sensors. There is a hyst > > setting, but this setting is unique and applies for all 3/4 sensors. I am > > not sure what is the best way to represent this setting on sysfs. > > > > I read the instructions at Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface, and tried > > to find other drivers with only one global hyst value, but have found > > nothing. > > > > My solution would be to create an attribute temp1_max_hyst, so it will be > > listed as subfeature by the lm_sensors library, and explain in the > > Documentation that it applies for all sensors. > > > Common solution is to provide the hyst attribute for all temperatures > to which it applies, but make it writable for only one. There are several > drivers using this approach. tmp401.c is an example, but there are others. > > Guenter -- Leandro -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Mind is Not for Rent. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
