Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:07:10 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hwmon: SENSORS_SBTSI should depend on X86 |
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Hi Kun, Günter,
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:17 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote: > 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.
Thanks for the explanation!
> Ah, good point. I'll drop this patch.
Agreed.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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