Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (179 commits)
  ACPI: Fix acpi_processor_idle and idle= boot parameters interaction
  acpi: fix section mismatch warning in pnpacpi
  intel_menlo: fix build warning
  ACPI: Cleanup: Remove unneeded, multiple local dummy variables
  ACPI: video - fix permissions on some proc entries
  ACPI: video - properly handle errors when registering proc elements
  ACPI: video - do not store invalid entries in attached_array list
  ACPI: re-name acpi_pm_ops to acpi_suspend_ops
  ACER_WMI/ASUS_LAPTOP: fix build bug
  thinkpad_acpi: fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kstrdup failed
  ACPI: check a return value correctly in acpi_power_get_context()
  #if 0 acpi/bay.c:eject_removable_drive()
  eeepc-laptop: add hwmon fan control
  eeepc-laptop: add backlight
  eeepc-laptop: add base driver
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: bump up version to 0.20
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix selects in Kconfig
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use a private workqueue
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fluff really minor fix
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use uppercase for "LED" on user documentation
  ...

Fixed conflicts in drivers/acpi/video.c and drivers/misc/intel_menlow.c
manually.

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
index d9f28be75403..70d68ce8640a 100644
--- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
@@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ and throttle appropriate devices.
 RO	read only value
 RW	read/write value
 
-All thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal
+Thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal.
+Hwmon sysfs I/F extension is also available under /sys/class/hwmon
+if hwmon is compiled in or built as a module.
 
 Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
-|thermal_zone[0-*]:
+/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]:
 	|-----type:			Type of the thermal zone
 	|-----temp:			Current temperature
 	|-----mode:			Working mode of the thermal zone
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
 	|-----trip_point_[0-*]_type:	Trip point type
 
 Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
-|cooling_device[0-*]:
+/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]:
 	|-----type :			Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...)
 	|-----max_state:		Maximum cooling state of the cooling device
 	|-----cur_state:		Current cooling state of the cooling device
@@ -130,10 +132,19 @@ They represent the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated coolin
 They are created/removed for each
 thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful execution.
 
-|thermal_zone[0-*]
+/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]
 	|-----cdev[0-*]:		The [0-*]th cooling device in the current thermal zone
 	|-----cdev[0-*]_trip_point:	Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with
 
+Besides the thermal zone device sysfs I/F and cooling device sysfs I/F,
+the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_ of
+thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon class device
+and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered ACPI thermal zones.
+/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[0-*]:
+	|-----name:			The type of the thermal zone devices.
+	|-----temp[1-*]_input:		The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*].
+	|-----temp[1-*]_critical:	The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*].
+Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface for additional information.
 
 ***************************
 * Thermal zone attributes *
@@ -141,7 +152,10 @@ thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful e
 
 type				Strings which represent the thermal zone type.
 				This is given by thermal zone driver as part of registration.
-				Eg: "ACPI thermal zone" indicates it's a ACPI thermal device
+				Eg: "acpitz" indicates it's an ACPI thermal device.
+				In order to keep it consistent with hwmon sys attribute,
+				this should be a short, lowercase string,
+				not containing spaces nor dashes.
 				RO
 				Required
 
@@ -218,7 +232,7 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this:
 /sys/class/thermal:
 
 |thermal_zone1:
-	|-----type:			ACPI thermal zone
+	|-----type:			acpitz
 	|-----temp:			37000
 	|-----mode:			kernel
 	|-----trip_point_0_temp:	100000
@@ -243,3 +257,10 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this:
 	|-----type:			Fan
 	|-----max_state:		2
 	|-----cur_state:		0
+
+/sys/class/hwmon:
+
+|hwmon0:
+	|-----name:			acpitz
+	|-----temp1_input:		37000
+	|-----temp1_crit:		100000