On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Michael Hennerich
[off-list ref] wrote:

On 03/11/2016 05:28 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:

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+             mutex_lock(&iio_dev->mlock);
+             st->ops->reg_write(st, AD5592R_REG_RESET, 0xdac);
+             mutex_unlock(&iio_dev->mlock);

What's that? (0xdac)? Clever magic?

Clever magic - to avoid accidental resets.

I see. Put in a small comment like:

/* Writing this magic value resets the device */

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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