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-rw-r--r--Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt5
-rw-r--r--drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/thermal.h8
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
index a71bd5b90fe8..37c54863f611 100644
--- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
@@ -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
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 247528bbf00c..51648bfb248d 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1462,9 +1462,11 @@ 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);
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index a386a1cbb6e1..b4a975f25be0 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -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;
};