[PATCH] ARM: dts: stm32: Enable thermal sensor support on stm32mp15xx-dhcor

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Sep 25 07:12:12 EDT 2020


On 9/25/20 4:21 AM, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> 
> 
> On 24 September 2020 4:11:11 PM IST, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> On 9/24/20 7:16 AM, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24 September 2020 4:55:35 AM IST, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>> wrote:
>>>> Enable STM32 Digital Thermal Sensor driver for stm32mp15xx-dhcor
>> SoMs.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 94cafe1b6482 ("ARM: dts: stm32: Add Avenger96 devicetree
>> support
>>>> based on STM32MP157A")
>>>
>>> The change looks good but what does this patch fixes? 
>>
>> The missing temp sensor, which helps you detect overheat of the SoC.
>> That is esp. important on the 800 MHz AV96.
> 
> This doesn't quality as a "fix". Essentially you're just adding a missing feature and not fixing any issues. So please remove the fixes tag and resubmit. 

I would argue that if the system overheats and crashes, we want to know
about that, possibly in advance so thermal throttling can be applied.
Currently this is not possible and I think that is a bug.



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