From: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:28:43 +0000
> Vadim says:
>
> This patchset contains various improvements to hwmon and thermal code in
> mlxsw. The most significant improvement is the ability to read modules'
> temperature attributes (input, fault, critical and emergency thresholds)
> as well as fans' fault indication. These new attributes will improve the
> ability to monitor the system.
>
> Patches #1-#4 add the necessary device registers and APIs to read
> modules' temperature attributes and fans' fault indication.
>
> Patches #5-#8 perform small improvements in hwmon and thermal code such
> as using a more indicative name for cooling devices.
>
> Patch #9 exposes fans' fault indication via hwmon.
>
> Patch #10 exposes modules' temperature attributes via hwmon.
>
> Patch #11 adds an hwmon label to modules' temperature sensor. This helps
> to parse the output of utilities such as "sensors".
>
> Patch #12 allows to bind an external cooling device ("mlxreg-fan") to
> mlxsw thermal zone. This will allow the mlxsw thermal zone to change the
> cooling level of cooling devices not programmed via switch registers.
I'm going to apply this to net-next as-is.
Please address the HWMON stuff as a follow-up.
Thank you.
