Re: [PATCH v6] Thermal: introduce INT3406 thermal driver

From: Aaron Lu
Date: Mon Dec 22 2014 - 20:27:05 EST


On 12/22/2014 05:53 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014, Zhang Rui wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2014-12-11 at 16:38 +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
>>> INT3406 ACPI device object resembles an ACPI video output device, but its
>>> _BCM is said to be deprecated and should not be used. So we will make
>>> use of the raw interface to do the actual cooling. Due to this, the
>>> backlight core has some modifications. Also, to re-use some of the ACPI
>>> video module's code, one function has been exported.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Jingoo and Lee,
>>
>> are you okay with the changes in drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c and
>> include/linux/backlight.h?
>
> NB: Jingoo still needs to review the crux of the patch.
>
>>> ---
>>> v6: Fix an issue that wrongly set error path return value as reported
>>> by Olof Johansson.
>>>
>>> drivers/acpi/video.c | 77 ++++----
>>> drivers/thermal/Kconfig | 26 +--
>>> drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/Kconfig | 41 ++++
>>> drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/Makefile | 1 +
>>> drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int3406_thermal.c | 229 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 44 +++--
>>> include/acpi/video.h | 20 ++
>>> include/linux/backlight.h | 2 +
>>> 8 files changed, 366 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
>>> create mode 100644 drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/Kconfig
>>> create mode 100644 drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int3406_thermal.c
>
> I gather by the message at the top that you're looking for an Ack so
> this can be routed through another subsystem. Not going to happen.
>
> So you're on v6 already and a) no one has mentioned that introducing a
> new driver AND making core framework changes (in a different subsystem
> to boot) in one patch is bad and b) this is the first time you've
> Cc'ed the maintainers of the aforementioned subsystem?
>
> Moving forward you should split this patch into component parts and
> resend -- only this time ensure you Cc all maintainers in the first
> instance, rather than as as afterthought.

OK, thanks for the suggestion.

>
>>> -config INT340X_THERMAL
>>> - tristate "ACPI INT340X thermal drivers"
>>> - depends on X86 && ACPI
>>> - select THERMAL_GOV_USER_SPACE
>>> - select ACPI_THERMAL_REL
>>> - select ACPI_FAN
>
> This patch also relies on backlight as well, no?

Yes it does, will add it in next revision.

Regards,
Aaron

>
> [...]
>

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