Re: lm-senser can't detect thermal on thermal_zone

From: Kuninori Morimoto
Date: Tue Jun 14 2016 - 03:03:56 EST



Hi Zhang

> > > > struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(xxxx)
> > > > {
> > > > ...
> > > > if (!tz->tzp || !tz->tzp->no_hwmon) {
> > > > result = thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(tz);
> > > > ...
> > > > }
> > > > ...
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Does this mean "thermal_zone doesn't use lm-senser" ?
>
> I'd prefer to say of_thermal registered thermal_zone doesn't use lm-
> sensor.
> If you're really want to see hwmon interface, I think you should use
> thermal API (thermal_zone_device_register) directly.

Thank you for your feedback.
My driver is supporting both of_thermal and thermal API.
So, switching is not a big deal.

But can you teach me why of_thermal doesn't use lm-senser ??