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From: maxime.ripard@free-electrons•com (Maxime Ripard)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: AT91: IIO: add low and high res support for adc
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:07:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50D426C1.5050807@free-electrons.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50D33940.4000607@atmel.com>

Le 20/12/2012 17:13, ludovic.desroches a ?crit :
> On 12/20/2012 04:51 PM, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>> Hi Ludovic,
>>
>> Le 20/12/2012 11:52, ludovic.desroches a ?crit :
>>>> I'm wondering, why are you using such a complex dt parsing code, and
>>>> bindings, when you only requires a boolean to switch between 8 and 10
>>>> bits mode (which seem to be the only thing you support)?
>>>
>>> We will have a 10 and 12 bits mode on future ADCs and I would like to
>>> have something which could manage more than two resolutions if it
>>> happens one day.
>>
>> I see your point. I'm not fond at all of the existing bindings for the
>> driver (putting things like registers offset in the dt is a non-sense to
>> me, but hey...), so I'd like to still keep it as simple and non-bloated
>> as possible, but it's true that in the current situation, we probably
>> have no other choice.
>>
> 
> I have the same feeling than you about ADC bindings, I think that there
> are too many parameters exhibited. Moreover, most of them are chip
> relative.
> 
> I have not found other ways to deal with it properly. I would like to
> have them hidden into the driver (depending on the compatible string)
> but it will be a mess if we split parameters into dt and driver.

I'm glad we feel the same way :)

> So the idea was to have a binding which could allow us to manage several
> cases about resolution modes in the future.

Yes, I got the idea. Like I said, if we don't want to touch at the
bindings and do want you suggested, then your patch is the best solution
we have.

Maxime
-- 
Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-21  9:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-19 18:32 [PATCH 0/3] IIO: AT91: add lowres, sleep and sample&hold time missing support Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-12-19 18:37 ` [PATCH 1/3] ARM: AT91: IIO: add low and high res support for adc Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-12-19 18:37   ` [PATCH 2/3] ARM: AT91: IIO: add sleep mode support Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-12-20 10:46     ` Maxime Ripard
2012-12-27 12:09       ` Jonathan Cameron
2012-12-27 17:54     ` Maxime Ripard
2012-12-19 18:37   ` [PATCH 3/3] ARM: AT91: IIO: fix missing Sample and Hold time Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-12-20 10:55     ` Maxime Ripard
2012-12-20 12:49       ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-12-21  9:08         ` Maxime Ripard
2012-12-20 10:42   ` [PATCH 1/3] ARM: AT91: IIO: add low and high res support for adc Maxime Ripard
2012-12-20 10:52     ` ludovic.desroches
2012-12-20 15:51       ` Maxime Ripard
2012-12-20 16:13         ` ludovic.desroches
2012-12-21  9:07           ` Maxime Ripard [this message]
2012-12-22 17:21             ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-01-07  9:20               ` Maxime Ripard
2012-12-20 10:40 ` [PATCH 0/3] IIO: AT91: add lowres, sleep and sample&hold time missing support Maxime Ripard
2012-12-20 10:51 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-12-27 12:14   ` Jonathan Cameron

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