Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 3 authors, 2021-09-17

Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add nct7802 bindings

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: 2021-09-12 04:03:27
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On 9/10/21 1:44 PM, Oskar Senft wrote:
Hi Guenter

Thanks for the quick feedback!
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+  nuvoton,rtd-modes:
+    description: |
+      Select modes for the three RTDs.
+
At the very least, "RTD" should be defined. The datasheet doesn't say explicitly,
but I suspect it means "Remote Temperature Diode".
Ha, good point. As I understand, RTD means "Resistance Temperature
Detector". But TBH, I'm not sure how that squares with Nuvoton's use
of "LTD" for the local sensor ... sigh.
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+      Valid values for RTD1 and RTD2 are:
+        "closed",
+        "current",
+        "thermistor",
+        "voltage"
I am not sure what "closed" means (the datasheet doesn't say), but I suspect it means
that the sensor is disabled (?). For the other modes, the translation to the standard
ABI is:
Thanks for that pointer, I now found that in
Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface. Given that there's no definition
for "disabled", I guess I'll just leave that out of the device tree
binding for now? That way we'll stay consistent with the sysfs ABI.
Sure there is. A possible set of bindings - in that case for tmp421 -
is suggested with the series at
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/cover.1631021349.git.krzysztof.adamski@nokia.com/ (local)

That specifically includes the ability to enable or disable channels
using the standard 'status' property. While that series is primarily
for the n-factor property supported by the tmp421, the same approach
can be used for all temperature sensor properties.

Guenter
That gives us the following mapping for sysfs / device tree -> nct7802 HW:
2 (3904 transistor) -> 3 (voltage)
3 (thermal diode) -> 1 (current)
4 (thermistor) -> 2 (thermistor)

I'll update the device tree binding to be an array then. I also update
the temp_type functions to support all 3 values.

Oskar.

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