Thread (10 messages) 10 messages, 3 authors, 2018-09-27

Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add ina3221 documentation

From: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@gmail.com>
Date: 2018-09-26 03:09:07
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Hello Guenter,

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 06:52:29PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
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+  Required properties:
+  - reg: Must be 0, 1 or 2, corresponding to IN1, IN2 or IN3 port of INA3221
+
+  Optional properties:
+  - label: Name of the input source
+  - shunt-resistor-micro-ohms: Shunt resistor value in micro-Ohm
+  - status: Should be "disabled" if no input source
+
+  Example:
+
+  input@0 {
+          reg = <0x0>;
+          status = "disabled";
I kind of feel embarrassed that I asked for the reg change ... especially while
saying at the same time that I would like to see this work for other chips
as well.
Well, though I didn't mention it, yet I changed it to "reg" is more
likely an agreement than a compromise: I searched in the mail list
and then found this mail (a year ago though):
    https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2455439.html

I feel it very similar to my case. So rather than betting Rob won't
tell me the same, changing to "reg" may reduce a turnaround time :)
Other chips have different kinds of sensors. Voltage, current, power, temperature,
and others. Whatever we come up with should support that.

I see two possibilities right now. We can stick with reg and add a "type" property,
or we can make the index something like
	{voltage,current,power,temperature,humidity}-{id,index}
One small concern is a case of being multi-type. For example, I saw
ina2xx driver having voltage, current and power at the same time...
I personally prefer "type", but I don't really have a strong opinion.
What do you think ?
I also like this over "reg" -- "reg" requires two extra properties,
and itself sounds slightly unnatural to me for situations like this
one where we don't use it as a register address, although I know it
is convenient and common to use.
Or maybe we should really wait for feedback from Rob.
Personally I don't mind it all to change the doc and code and then
send a v6. But eventually we'll still need the final Acked-by from
Rob right? Then I guess it's the only option.

By the way, I have two ina3221 hwmon patches that rebase upon this
binding series. And I'd like to send them out to go through review
first, but I am not sure if you'd be okay for it -- I don't really
like to change their rebase order as it might mess up something.

Thanks
Nicolin
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