[PATCH v6 4/5] thermal/drivers/sun8i: Add support for A523 THS0/1 controllers

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM Mikhail Kalashnikov <iuncuim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Mikhail Kalashnikov <iuncuim at gmail.com>
>
> The A523 processor has two temperature controllers, THS0 and THS1.
> THS0 has only one temperature sensor, which is located in the DRAM
> controller. THS1 does have 4 sensors:
> ths1_0 - "big" cores
> ths1_1 - "little" cores
> ths1_2 - gpu
> ths1_3 - npu
>
> The user manual for the T527 processor describes 4 sensors, whereas
> the one for the A523 describes only 3. As additional information, the BSP
> driver was used, in which the value SUN55IW3_CAL_COM(5000) is used as
> the calibration value in the formula; in the mainline driver it is
> treated as the ft_deviation value. Also, in the BSP driver the NPU sensor
> is used for both the GPU and the NPU — its actual purpose is unclear;
> both sensors are functional and show temperature changes depending on
> load.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Kalashnikov <iuncuim at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at kernel.org>

I think we can ignore Sashiko's concerns for this patch.

1. calibration likely happens at room temperature
2. it is not the drivers responsibility to guard against incorrect
   device trees