@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ temperature) and throttle appropriate devices.
This is an optional feature where some platforms can choose not to
provide this data.
.governor_name: Name of the thermal governor used for this zone
+ .no_hwmon: a boolean to indicate if the thermal to hwmon sysfs interface
+ is required. when no_hwmon == false, a hwmon sysfs interface
+ will be created. when no_hwmon == true, nothing will be done.
+ In case the thermal_zone_params is NULL, the hwmon interface
+ will be created (for backward compatibility).
.num_tbps: Number of thermal_bind_params entries for this zone
.tbp: thermal_bind_params entries
@@ -1460,9 +1460,11 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type,
mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
- result = thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(tz);
- if (result)
- goto unregister;
+ if (!tz->tzp || !tz->tzp->no_hwmon) {
+ result = thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(tz);
+ if (result)
+ goto unregister;
+ }
mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
list_add_tail(&tz->node, &thermal_tz_list);
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ struct thermal_bind_params {
/* Structure to define Thermal Zone parameters */
struct thermal_zone_params {
char governor_name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH];
+
+ /*
+ * a boolean to indicate if the thermal to hwmon sysfs interface
+ * is required. when no_hwmon == false, a hwmon sysfs interface
+ * will be created. when no_hwmon == true, nothing will be done
+ */
+ bool no_hwmon;
+
int num_tbps; /* Number of tbp entries */
struct thermal_bind_params *tbp;
};