[lm-sensors] [PATCH] Update: Add driver for AD7414 i2c temperature sensor
Jean Delvare
khali at linux-fr.org
Tue Feb 19 20:07:19 CET 2008
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:45:11 -0500, Sean MacLennan wrote:
> Jean Delvare wrote:
> >
> >> + /* Register values */
> >> + u16 temp_input;
> >> + u8 temp_max;
> >> + u8 temp_min;
> >>
> >
> > Temperature values can be negative, so these should be s16 and s8
> > respectively.
> >
> >
> I think these are fine as is. They are the raw values back from the chip
> and are always passed through AD7414_TEMP_FROM_REG.
temp_input is passed through AD7414_TEMP_FROM_REG(); temp_max and
temp_min aren't. So, the driver would fail to report negative limits
properly.
> Good catch on the simple_strtoul. I only tested positive values since
> the taco will only be dealing in positive values.
--
Jean Delvare
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