Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:42:51 +0100 | From | Bruno Prémont <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.32-directemp |
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On Thu, 04 February 2010 "Chris Verges" wrote: > Attached is a patch for the QTI DirecTEMP USB thermometer & > thermometer/hygrometer sensors. This patch is based on linux-2.6.32. > Functionality has been verified against both hardware variants listed > in the driver (0x0002 and 0x0006), as both monolithic and modular. > > When the QTI DirecTEMP sensor is connected to a system, the directemp > driver adds appropriate sysfs entries for the sensor type(s) > supported. Examples: > > # PID 0x0002 (temp only) > /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../temp > > # PID 0x0006 (temp + relative humidity) > /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../temp > /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../rh > > Using a standard "cat" will display the value.
Wouldn't it make sense to make use of hardware monitoring interfaces so lm_sensors could handle the sensor information? (added to CC)
This would also be a good reason to have the driver on kernel side rather than somewhere in userspace.
Bruno
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