[PATCH 1/2] thermal: Add support for thermal sensor for Kirkwood SoC

[Nobuhiro Iwamatsu]

Hi,

On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:59:04PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:24:59PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> > On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 08:15:50AM +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
>> > > Some kirkwood SoC has thermal sensor.
>> > > This patch adds support for 88F6282 and 88F6283.
>> >
>> > Thanks! I was just about to write this.. Looks good here.
>>
>> Ah, looking closer:
>>
>> $ cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
>> 37
>>
>> That should be 37000, the value out of the driver should be in
>> milli-Celsius.
>>
>> I'd use this equation instead:
>>
>>       *temp = ((322 - reg) * 10000 * 1000) / 13625;
>
> Be careful of math overflows... make sure you do this calculation using
> unsigned arithmetic as temperatures above 157 degress will cause this
> to look like a negative number using signed math... However, that
> probably won't ever be noticed because at 157 degrees, you'll definitely
> be outside the operating limits of the device.

Oh, OK. I would like to thank you pointed out.
I will fix.

Best regards,
  Nobuhiro


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