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27.Dd $Mdocdate: September 14 2015 $
28.Dt SENSOR_ATTACH 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm sensor_attach ,
32.Nm sensor_detach ,
33.Nm sensor_find ,
34.Nm sensordev_install ,
35.Nm sensordev_deinstall ,
36.Nm sensordev_get ,
37.Nm sensor_task_register ,
38.Nm sensor_task_unregister
39.Nd sensors framework
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In sys/sensors.h
42.Ft void
43.Fn sensordev_install "struct ksensordev *sensdev"
44.Ft void
45.Fn sensordev_deinstall "struct ksensordev *sensdev"
46.Ft struct ksensordev *
47.Fn sensordev_get "int devnum"
48.Pp
49.Ft void
50.Fn sensor_attach "struct ksensordev *sensdev" "struct ksensor *sens"
51.Ft void
52.Fn sensor_detach "struct ksensordev *sensdev" "struct ksensor *sens"
53.Ft struct ksensor *
54.Fn sensor_find "int devnum" "enum sensor_type stype" "int numt"
55.Pp
56.Ft struct sensor_task *
57.Fn sensor_task_register "void *arg" "void (*func)(void *)" "int period"
58.Ft void
59.Fn sensor_task_unregister "struct sensor_task *st"
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62sensors
63framework API provides a mechanism for manipulation of hardware sensors
64that are available under the
65.Va hw.sensors
66.Xr sysctl 8
67tree.
68.Pp
69.Fn sensor_attach
70adds the sensor specified by the
71.Fa sens
72argument to the sensor device specified by the
73.Fa sensdev
74argument.
75.Fn sensor_detach
76can be used to remove sensors previously added by
77.Fn sensor_attach .
78.Pp
79.Fn sensordev_install
80registers the sensor device specified by the
81.Fa sensdev
82argument so that all sensors that are attached to the device become
83accessible via the sysctl interface.
84.Fn sensordev_deinstall
85can be used to remove sensor devices previously registered by
86.Fn sensordev_install .
87.Pp
88.Fn sensordev_get
89takes ordinal number
90.Fa devnum
91specifying a sensor device and
92returns a pointer to the corresponding
93.Vt struct ksensordev ,
94or
95.Dv NULL
96if no such sensor device exists.
97.Pp
98.Fn sensor_find
99takes ordinal number
100.Fa devnum
101specifying a sensor device, sensor type
102.Fa stype
103and ordinal number of sensor of such type
104.Fa numt ,
105and returns a pointer to the corresponding
106.Vt struct ksensor ,
107or
108.Dv NULL
109if no such sensor exists.
110.Fn sensor_find
111will always return
112.Dv NULL
113if the corresponding sensor devices are not registered by
114.Fn sensordev_install .
115.Pp
116Drivers are responsible for retrieving, interpreting, and normalising
117sensor values and updating the sensor struct periodically.
118If the driver needs process context, for example to sleep, it can
119register a task with the sensor framework.
120.Pp
121.Fn sensor_task_register
122is used to register a periodic task to update sensors.
123The
124.Fa func
125argument is a pointer to the function to run with an interval of
126.Fa period
127seconds.
128The
129.Fa arg
130parameter is the argument given to the
131.Fa func
132function.
133.Fn sensor_task_unregister
134ensures that the task specified by the
135.Fa st
136argument is no longer running, and then removes it from the queue.
137.Pp
138All the functions in the sensor framework must be called during
139.Xr autoconf 9
140or from a process context.
141Additionally,
142.Fn sensor_task_unregister
143must not be called from the sensor task that it is about to remove.
144.Sh SEE ALSO
145.Xr sysctl 8 ,
146.Xr autoconf 9
147.Sh HISTORY
148The sensor framework was written by
149.An Alexander Yurchenko Aq Mt grange@openbsd.org
150and first appeared in
151.Ox 3.4 .
152.An David Gwynne Aq Mt dlg@openbsd.org
153later extended it for
154.Ox 3.8 .
155.An Constantine A. Murenin Aq Mt cnst+openbsd@bugmail.mojo.ru
156extended it even further by introducing the concept of sensor devices in
157.Ox 4.1 .
158