[PATCH v1 00/21] hwmon: Fix the type of 'config' in struct hwmon_channel_info to u64

[lihuisong (C)]

Hi Guenter,

在 2025/1/21 22:50, Guenter Roeck 写道:
> On 1/21/25 06:12, Armin Wolf wrote:
>> Am 21.01.25 um 07:44 schrieb Huisong Li:
>>
>>> The hwmon_device_register() is deprecated. When I try to repace it with
>>> hwmon_device_register_with_info() for acpi_power_meter driver, I 
>>> found that
>>> the power channel attribute in linux/hwmon.h have to extend and is more
>>> than 32 after this replacement.
>>>
>>> However, the maximum number of hwmon channel attributes is 32 which is
>>> limited by current hwmon codes. This is not good to add new channel
>>> attribute for some hwmon sensor type and support more channel 
>>> attribute.
>>>
>>> This series are aimed to do this. And also make sure that 
>>> acpi_power_meter
>>> driver can successfully replace the deprecated hwmon_device_register()
>>> later.
>>
>
> This explanation completely misses the point. The series tries to make 
> space
> for additional "standard" attributes. Such a change should be independent
> of a driver conversion and be discussed on its own, not in the context
> of a new driver or a driver conversion.
Making space for new attributes later.
After all hwmon core have ability to do that.
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> what kind of new power attributes do you want to add to the hwmon API?
>>
>> AFAIK the acpi-power-meter driver supports the following attributes:
>>
>>      power1_accuracy            -> HWMON_P_ACCURACY
>>      power1_cap_min            -> HWMON_P_CAP_MIN
>>      power1_cap_max            -> HWMON_P_CAP_MAX
>>      power1_cap_hyst            -> HWMON_P_CAP_HYST
>>      power1_cap            -> HWMON_P_CAP
>>      power1_average            -> HWMON_P_AVERAGE
>>      power1_average_min        -> HWMON_P_AVERAGE_MIN
>>      power1_average_max        -> HWMON_P_AVERAGE_MAX
>>      power1_average_interval        -> HWMON_P_AVERAGE_INTERVAL
>>      power1_average_interval_min    -> HWMON_P_AVERAGE_INTERVAL_MIN
>>      power1_average_interval_max    -> HWMON_P_AVERAGE_INTERVAL_MAX
>>      power1_alarm            -> HWMON_P_ALARM
>>      power1_model_number
>>      power1_oem_info
>>      power1_serial_number
>>      power1_is_battery
>>      name                -> handled by hwmon core
>>
>> The remaining attributes are in my opinion not generic enough to add 
>> them to the generic
>> hwmon power attributes. I think you should implement them as a 
>> attribute_group which can
>> be passed to hwmon_device_register_with_info() using the 
>> "extra_groups" parameter.
>>
>
> I absolutely agree. More specifically, it looks like this is about the 
> following
> attributes.
>
> >      power1_model_number
> >      power1_oem_info
> >      power1_serial_number
> >      power1_is_battery
>
> Those are not hwmon attributes and should not be (or have been) exposed
> as sysfs attributes in the first place, but (if really wanted/needed)
> through debugfs files. Even _if_ exposed as sysfs attributes they should
> not have the power1_ prefix (except maybe for the last one).
I plan to accept the suggestion Armin proposed that acpi_power_meter can 
use the "extra_groups" parameter for these "not generic hwmon power 
attributes".
Should we drop the power1_ prefix? But this will lead to the change of 
these attributes.
Do you mean 'power1_is_battery' can be added to hwmon power attributes 
in hwmon.h?
>
> On top of that, doubling the size of configuration bits for everything
> because one sensor type needs more than 32 bits seems excessive.
> If we ever get to that point I think I'd rather introduce a second
> sensor type for power sensor attributes.
>
The bigest obstacle is that drivers which not use HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO 
hwmon provided need to be modifyed.🙁
>
> .