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From: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
To: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, list@opendingux.net,
	Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] ABI: hwmon: Document "label" sysfs attribute
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:22:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220110182256.30763-2-paul@crapouillou.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220110182256.30763-1-paul@crapouillou.net>

Add the "label" sysfs attribute, which can contain a descriptive label
that allows to uniquely identify a device within the system.

Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
---

Notes:
    v2: New patch
    v3: No change

 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon | 8 ++++++++
 Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst     | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
index 1f20687def44..653d4c75eddb 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hwmon
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ Description:
 
 		RO
 
+What:		/sys/class/hwmon/hwmonX/label
+Description:
+		A descriptive label that allows to uniquely identify a
+		device within the system.
+		The contents of the label are free-form.
+
+		RO
+
 What:		/sys/class/hwmon/hwmonX/update_interval
 Description:
 		The interval at which the chip will update readings.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
index 85652a6aaa3e..209626fb2405 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ Global attributes
 `name`
 		The chip name.
 
+`label`
+		A descriptive label that allows to uniquely identify a device
+		within the system.
+
 `update_interval`
 		The interval at which the chip will update readings.
 
-- 
2.34.1


  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-10 18:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-10 18:22 [PATCH v3 0/2] hwmon: Add "label" attribute v3 Paul Cercueil
2022-01-10 18:22 ` Paul Cercueil [this message]
2022-01-14 16:41   ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ABI: hwmon: Document "label" sysfs attribute Guenter Roeck
2022-01-10 18:22 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] hwmon: Add "label" attribute Paul Cercueil
2022-01-14 16:41   ` Guenter Roeck

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