Hi Jonathan,
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 24/02/17 15:48, jacopo mondi wrote:
>> On 24/02/2017 16:33, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
>>> On 02/24/2017 04:22 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/max961x.txt
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
>>>>> +* Maxim max9611/max9612 current sense amplifier with 12-bits ADC interface
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Maxim max9611/max9612 is an high-side current sense amplifier with integrated
>>>>> +12-bits ADC communicating over I2c bus.
>>>>> +The device node for this driver shall be a child of a I2c controller.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Required properties
>>>>> + - compatible: Should be "maxim,max961x"
>>>>> + - reg: The 7-bits long I2c address of the device
>>>>> + - shunt-resistor: Resistor value, in uOhm, of the current sense shunt
>>>>> + resistor.
>>>>
>>>> shunt-resistor-micro-ohms?
>>>
>>> I'll take this one further:
>>>
>>> maxim,shunt-resistor-micro-ohms?
>>>
>>> Although there is precedence for just 'shunt-resistor' in the ina2xx bindings.
>>>
>>
>> And that's where I took "inspiration" from :)
> Which raises another open question. Why IIO rather than hwmon like the ina2xx?
Actually we have both drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c and drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c.
> Whether we are better going for the existing binding without units, or
> 'fixing' that is a question for the device tree maintainers. I guess that
> one snuck through.
ltc4151 uses shunt-resistor-micro-ohms.
sgtl5000 uses micbias-resistor-k-ohms.
So there's precedence for everything ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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