On Sun 2008-05-04 14:42:29, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
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> On Fri, 02 May 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > Actually, just libsensors would, and the local admin can adjust it at
> > > will using the config file.
> > > 
> > > Nobody in userspace should be reading hwmon sysfs directly without the
> > > use of libsensors.  If they are, it is their bug, and it is unsupported
> > > AFAIK.
> > 
> > Hmm, that's an interesting ABI design. No, I do not think that's a
> > good idea.
> 
> That's how it is.  The kernel drivers are to attempt to do their best to
> give proper readings.  But if they don't, the library can apply
> arbritary user-configurable adjustments.
> 
> I'd rather different attribute names like "raw_temp#" were used when the
> adjustment thorugh libsensors is *required*, though.

Yes, that would be nice.
									Pavel
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