Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] hwmon: (sfctemp) Add StarFive JH71x0 temperature sensor

From: Hal Feng
Date: Fri Feb 24 2023 - 03:58:11 EST


On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 08:23:12 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 03:23:14PM +0800, Hal Feng wrote:
>> From: Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Register definitions and conversion constants based on sfctemp driver by
>> Samin in the StarFive 5.10 kernel.
>
> "based on ..." does not belong here. Describe what the driver does,
> not what it is based on. If you want to add a note about the origin
> of the driver, add it in the comments on the top of the driver.

Will reword the commit message in the next version.

>
> Please add the missing default: statements in the driver,

OK. I will fix it accordingly.

> and explain (for example in the comments at the top of the
> driver) why you don't use continuous mode. The description
> needs to be detailed and compelling enough that no one comes
> back and implements a continuous mode version of the driver.

As we discussed in [1], I will use continuous mode instead.
Thanks.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/2c424d39-3a1d-3c91-d049-c0b941359bc3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Best regards,
Hal