Re: [PATCH RESEND] x86,mrst: Intel Medfield over-current detection patch

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On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:52:28 +0000
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:45:35AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 19:58:43 +0000
> > Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > hwmon includes support for exposing the instantaneous current draw. 
> > > hwmon includes support for triggering events if a parameter crosses a 
> > > threshold. I still don't see why this isn't an hwmon driver, perhaps 
> > > with a small platform driver for the more estoric bits of the setup.
> > 
> > The hwmon maintainer says its not. Explicitly so. Been there, had that
> > discussion a while ago (in fact we had it as well in December if you
> > remember and I pointed you at the hwmon list discussion
> 
> The hwmon maintainer says that it's not an hwmon driver, not that it 
> shouldn't be an hwmon driver.

That's not how I interpret it, but he's Cc'd so I'll let him speak for
himself, failing that I'll stuff it in arch/x86/platform/mrst I guess
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