* Re: Question: Driver support for SHT4X temperature and humidity sensor [not found] <CAPYOJtUuoWN33hLc+2u78tbp1y5svkfwtSnH-UZdbpV+cV78yw@mail.gmail.com> @ 2021-04-20 6:27 ` Guenter Roeck [not found] ` <CAPYOJtV_5OqmwU=MXq7atmFL85Jg=p0ekvOFfN9yiaKroUXjmQ@mail.gmail.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Guenter Roeck @ 2021-04-20 6:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Navin Sankar, linux-hwmon; +Cc: jdelvare On 4/19/21 9:43 PM, Navin Sankar wrote: > Dear Maintainer, > > I am trying to add driver support for sensirion based temperature & humidity sensor sht4x. > > I am bit confused, where to add support for this driver. Either in iio subsys or hwmon subsys? > The sht[23] sensor drivers are in hwmon, so I'd normally suggest a hwmon driver. Having said that: What is the cause of your confusion ? Guenter ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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* Re: Question: Driver support for SHT4X temperature and humidity sensor [not found] ` <CAPYOJtV_5OqmwU=MXq7atmFL85Jg=p0ekvOFfN9yiaKroUXjmQ@mail.gmail.com> @ 2021-04-20 10:48 ` Guenter Roeck [not found] ` <CAPYOJtWXKMZXys07sQcefYOzk93_awdQDbjbZf5CXp3F2vsCEw@mail.gmail.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Guenter Roeck @ 2021-04-20 10:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Navin Sankar; +Cc: linux-hwmon, jdelvare On 4/20/21 12:14 AM, Navin Sankar wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:57 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net <mailto:linux@roeck-us.net>> wrote: > > On 4/19/21 9:43 PM, Navin Sankar wrote: > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > I am trying to add driver support for sensirion based temperature & humidity sensor sht4x. > > > > I am bit confused, where to add support for this driver. Either in iio subsys or hwmon subsys? > > > > The sht[23] sensor drivers are in hwmon, so I'd normally suggest > a hwmon driver. > > Having said that: What is the cause of your confusion ? > > Guenter > > > Thank you for the clarification. > > I thought the convention is to use iio for new temperature and humidity sensor. > I didn't know that; that decision was made without consulting hardware monitoring maintainers. Can you point me to the relevant exchanges or documentation ? Thanks, Guenter ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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* Re: Question: Driver support for SHT4X temperature and humidity sensor [not found] ` <CAPYOJtWXKMZXys07sQcefYOzk93_awdQDbjbZf5CXp3F2vsCEw@mail.gmail.com> @ 2021-04-20 13:44 ` Guenter Roeck 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Guenter Roeck @ 2021-04-20 13:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Navin Sankar; +Cc: linux-hwmon, jdelvare On 4/20/21 6:15 AM, Navin Sankar wrote: > I thought this way, by looking at temp & humidity drivers in iio. > Sorry for the noise. Since I am new to kernel contribution. > Normally it is a question of use cases. If the sensor is typically used for hardware monitoring of the system it is built into, it belongs into hwmon. If it is typically used for other purposes, it should reside in iio. Guenter > Thanks & Regards, > Navin Sankar N V. > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:18 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net <mailto:linux@roeck-us.net>> wrote: > > On 4/20/21 12:14 AM, Navin Sankar wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:57 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net <mailto:linux@roeck-us.net> <mailto:linux@roeck-us.net <mailto:linux@roeck-us.net>>> wrote: > > > > On 4/19/21 9:43 PM, Navin Sankar wrote: > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > > > I am trying to add driver support for sensirion based temperature & humidity sensor sht4x. > > > > > > I am bit confused, where to add support for this driver. Either in iio subsys or hwmon subsys? > > > > > > > The sht[23] sensor drivers are in hwmon, so I'd normally suggest > > a hwmon driver. > > > > Having said that: What is the cause of your confusion ? > > > > Guenter > > > > > > Thank you for the clarification. > > > > I thought the convention is to use iio for new temperature and humidity sensor. > > > > I didn't know that; that decision was made without consulting hardware > monitoring maintainers. Can you point me to the relevant exchanges or > documentation ? > > Thanks, > Guenter > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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