Re: [lm-sensors] Location for thermal drivers

From: Phil Pokorny
Date: Fri Nov 12 2010 - 17:00:46 EST


On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Guenter Roeck
<guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think a better location for the driver would be drivers/thermal.
> drivers/hwmon is not really a good fit, since hwmon support for thermal
> drivers is optional. Potential problem with drivers/thermal is that
> there are no thermal drivers in there (yet), and there does not seem to
> be a maintainer.

What is the difference between a "thermal" sensor and a "temperature"
sensor? Aren't they the same thing?

Why does drivers/thermal exist if there are no drivers in it and no maintainer?

Phil P.
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