[PATCH v3 4/6] hwmon: (lm63) Add Sensylink CTF2301 support

[Guenter Roeck]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 02:00:54AM -0700, Troy Mitchell wrote:
> Add Sensylink CTF2301 support to the LM63 driver. CTF2301 follows
> the LM63-style temperature, tachometer, and PWM register layout,
> while using a 12-bit local temperature register and requiring the
> ALERT/TACH pin to be configured for tachometer input.
> 
> Register an optional thermal cooling device when the device tree
> node provides #cooling-cells, allowing thermal zones to control
> the fan through the existing PWM path without changing behavior
> for existing LM63-family users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell at linux.dev>
> ---
>  Documentation/hwmon/lm63.rst |  22 +++
>  drivers/hwmon/Kconfig        |   8 +-
>  drivers/hwmon/lm63.c         | 414 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  3 files changed, 366 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm63.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/lm63.rst
> index 9e27367d7405..c40bd0dfe591 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm63.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm63.rst
> @@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ Supported chips:
>  
>  	       http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM96163.html
>  
> +  * Sensylink CTF2301
> +
> +    Prefix: 'ctf2301'
> +
> +    Addresses scanned: none
> +
> +    Datasheet: https://www.sensylink.com/upload/1/net.sensylink.portal/1689557281035.pdf
> +
> +    Register description: https://github.com/TroyMitchell911/ctf2301-datasheet
> +
>  
>  Author: Jean Delvare <jdelvare at suse.de>
>  
> @@ -62,6 +72,8 @@ value have to be masked out. The value is still 16 bit in width.
>  
>  All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution is 1.0
>  degree for the local temperature, 0.125 degree for the remote temperature.
> +The CTF2301 local temperature input and limit have a resolution of 0.0625
> +degree.
>  
>  The fan speed is measured using a tachometer. Contrary to most chips which
>  store the value in an 8-bit register and have a selectable clock divider
> @@ -93,3 +105,13 @@ support these GPIO lines at present.
>  The LM96163 is an enhanced version of LM63 with improved temperature accuracy
>  and better PWM resolution. For LM96163, the external temperature sensor type is
>  configurable as CPU embedded diode(1) or 3904 transistor(2).
> +
> +The CTF2301 is register-compatible with the LM63 family and provides 12 fan
> +control lookup table entries. It supports 8-bit PWM resolution when configured
> +for a 22.5 kHz PWM frequency.
> +
> +Device tree nodes may declare ``#cooling-cells`` to register the fan controller
> +with the thermal framework. The cooling state is mapped to the existing
> +``pwm1`` range from 0 to 255. The driver keeps the current automatic or manual
> +fan control mode during probe and switches to manual control when the thermal
> +framework first requests a cooling state.
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> index 2bfbcc033d59..abb1af8664fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> @@ -1501,10 +1501,10 @@ config SENSORS_LM63
>  	depends on I2C

This seems to be missing the THERMAL dependency as suggested by Sashiko.

...
> -enum chips { lm63, lm64, lm96163 };
> +enum chips { lm63, lm64, lm96163, ctf2301 };

Alphabetic order, please.

> +		if (data->kind == ctf2301) {
> +			msb = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client,
> +						       LM63_REG_LOCAL_TEMP);
> +			lsb = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client,
> +						       CTF2301_REG_LOCAL_TEMP_LSB);
> +			if (msb >= 0 && lsb >= 0) {
> +				data->temp8[0] = msb;

Why keep the assignments to data->temp8[0] and data->temp8[1] ?

Thanks,
Guenter