Re: [PATCH 1/2] iio: gyro: Add MPU-3050 device tree bindings

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On 16/08/16 20:33, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 08:37:55PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>>> This adds device tree bindings for the MPU-3050 gyroscope. Since it
>>> is the first set of bindings for a gyroscope, the folder for it
>>> is also created.
>>
>> Is this not similar to mpu-6050 and other Invsense devices:
>>
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050.txt
> 
> I guess it was a precursor.
> 
> The MPU-3050 is a pure gyroscope, the MPU-6050 combines
> the gyro with an accelerometer. That is why it is classified as
> an IMU rather than a gyro.
> 
I did wonder if the 3050 was a subset of the 6050 but the
register maps are clearly totally different. Hence any sort
of unified driver would be a mess on any OS.

Probably fair to keep the binding docs separate (though in
sync where it makes sense!)

Jonathan

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