Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:17:47 -0800 | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hwmon: SENSORS_SBTSI should depend on X86 |
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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 09:27:28AM -0800, Kun Yi wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:31 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 02:46:41PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > The AMD SB Temperature Sensor Interface (SB-TSI) is only present on AMD > > > X86 SoCs. Hence add a dependency on X86, to prevent asking the user > > > about this driver when configuring a kernel without AMD X86 platform > > > support. > > Sorry, I think there is some confusion. AMD SoC is a 'remote sensor', > or the client, whereas the device using the SB-TSI hwmon driver is the > master. > In industry, a typical scenario is ARM-based Board Management > Controllers (BMCs) using SB-TSI to monitor the host CPU temperature. > Ah, good point. I'll drop this patch.
Thanks, Guenter
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