The scpi hwmon shows the sub-zero temperature in an unsigned integer,
which would confuse the users when the machine works in low temperature
environment. This shows the sub-zero temperature in an signed value and
users can get it properly from sensors.
Signed-off-by: Riwen Lu <luriwen@kylinos.cn>
Tested-by: Xin Chen <chenxin@kylinos.cn>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210604030959.736379-1-luriwen@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
scpi_scale_reading(&value, sensor);
+ /*
+ * Temperature sensor values are treated as signed values based on
+ * observation even though that is not explicitly specified, and
+ * because an unsigned u64 temperature does not really make practical
+ * sense especially when the temperature is below zero degrees Celsius.
+ */
+ if (sensor->info.class == TEMPERATURE)
+ return sprintf(buf, "%lld\n", (s64)value);
+
return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", value);
}