Re: [PATCHv0] hwmon: Add support for GMT G751 Temp. Sensor and Thermal Watchdog

[Arnaud Ebalard]

Hi,

Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 11/08/2013 03:31 PM, Arnaud Ebalard wrote:
>>
>> This patch adds support for GMT G751 Temperature Sensor and Thermal
>> Watchdog I2C chip. It has been tested via DT on a Netgear ReadyNAS
>> 2120 (Marvell Armada XP based ARM device).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Arnaud,
>
> unless I am missing something, this is just an lm75 with a different
> name. 

Sadly (for me), you are not: I compared the GMT G751 datasheet to an
original (1996) National semiconductor LM75 datasheet and they are
identical. I mean both the structure and full content (text, diagrams,
etc) is the same. Lesson learned: next time I start a driver, I will ask
if it ressembles an existing supported chip beforehand.

> Please use the lm75 driver and add the g751 parameters to it.

I will test if the driver does indeed work as expected to drive the G751
and will send a patch to document compatibility w/ GMT G751 (Kconfig,
i2c_device_id struct and lm75_detect function). While I am at it, if you
see something in the patch I pushed which could be useful for current
lm75 driver (doc, sysfs, of_ part for polarity, ...), just tell me.

Cheers,

a+
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