Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: (applesmc) Decode and act on read/write status codes

2012-07-27 Thread Henrik Rydberg
> > As I mentioned in a previous mail, backporting e70acc100 by itself is > > not a good idea, but together with this patch it should be ok. > > > I think the patches should mature a bit in mainline. We can decide in a month > or so if we want to backport them to previous releases. Yes, sorry, th

Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: (applesmc) Decode and act on read/write status codes

2012-07-27 Thread Guenter Roeck
Hi Henrik, On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote: > The behavior of the SMC has changed several times over the years, > causing read failures in the driver. It seems the problem can be > explained by a shift in SMC speed combined with improper action on > status codes. >

[PATCH] hwmon: (applesmc) Decode and act on read/write status codes

2012-07-27 Thread Henrik Rydberg
The behavior of the SMC has changed several times over the years, causing read failures in the driver. It seems the problem can be explained by a shift in SMC speed combined with improper action on status codes. We should first wait for the SMC to settle, which was the most frequent response on th