On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 5:04 AM Popa, Stefan Serban
<StefanSerban.Popa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sb, 2019-05-11 at 11:31 +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > [External]
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 7 May 2019 14:53:32 -0500
> > Adam Michaelis <adam.michaelis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 9:42 AM Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2 May 2019 11:14:29 -0500
> > > > Adam Michaelis <adam.michaelis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Adds device tree parameter to set the configuration read-back bit
> > > > > in the configuration register to tell the AD7949 to include the
> > > > > value of
> > > > > the configuration register at the time the current sample was
> > > > > acquired
> > > > > when reading from the part.
> > > > >
> > > > > Further work must be done to make read-back information available
> > > > > to
> > > > > consumer.
> > > > This needs some explanation of why it is useful at all. I'm certainly
> > > > unclear
> > > > on why it would be useful to configure this at boot time.
> > > >
> > > > Code looks fine.
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan
> > > >
> > > The configuration read-back feature is being maintained from the
> > > original version of this driver. Before adding the device tree entry,
> > > there was no way to change this setting other than debugfs raw access
> > > to the SPI interface, and there is still no access to the returned
> > > configuration data should the feature be enabled. I would be willing
> > > to remove the feature altogether, but wanted to tread softly on
> > > existing features.
> > Ah. Makes sense. My gut feeling is to drop it.
> >
> > Anyone at Analog have a view on this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> It is not obvious to me why this feature would be useful. I would not add
> it.
>
> Regards,
> -Stefan
>
I have removed this feature in V3 of the patch series.
Thank you for the feedback,
Adam
> > >
> > >
> > > Adam
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Adam Michaelis <adam.michaelis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > V2: Add some defines to reduce use of magic numbers.
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> > > > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c
> > > > > index afc1361af5fb..7820e1097787 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c
> > > > > @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct ad7949_adc_spec {
> > > > > * @iio_dev: reference to iio structure
> > > > > * @spi: reference to spi structure
> > > > > * @ref_sel: selected reference voltage source
> > > > > + * @cfg_readback: whether reads will include configuration data
> > > > > * @resolution: resolution of the chip
> > > > > * @cfg: copy of the configuration register
> > > > > * @current_channel: current channel in use
> > > > > @@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ struct ad7949_adc_chip {
> > > > > struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
> > > > > struct spi_device *spi;
> > > > > enum ad7949_ref_sel ref_sel;
> > > > > + bool cfg_readback;
> > > > > u8 resolution;
> > > > > u16 cfg;
> > > > > unsigned int current_channel;
> > > > > @@ -283,7 +285,11 @@ static int ad7949_spi_init(struct
> > > > > ad7949_adc_chip *ad7949_adc)
> > > > > AD7949_CFG_REF_SEL_MASK;
> > > > > adc_config |= (AD7949_CFG_SEQ_DISABLED <<
> > > > > AD7949_CFG_SEQ_SHIFT) &
> > > > > AD7949_CFG_SEQ_MASK;
> > > > > - adc_config |= AD7949_CFG_READBACK_DIS;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + if (ad7949_adc->cfg_readback)
> > > > > + adc_config |= AD7949_CFG_READBACK_EN;
> > > > > + else
> > > > > + adc_config |= AD7949_CFG_READBACK_DIS;
> > > > >
> > > > > ret = ad7949_spi_write_cfg(ad7949_adc,
> > > > > adc_config,
> > > > > @@ -331,6 +337,10 @@ static int ad7949_spi_probe(struct spi_device
> > > > > *spi)
> > > > > indio_dev->num_channels = spec->num_channels;
> > > > > ad7949_adc->resolution = spec->resolution;
> > > > >
> > > > > + ad7949_adc->cfg_readback = of_property_read_bool(
> > > > > + ad7949_adc->indio_dev->dev.of_node,
> > > > > + "adi,cfg-readback");
> > > > > +
> > > > > ret = of_property_read_u32(ad7949_adc->indio_dev-
> > > > > >dev.of_node,
> > > > > "adi,reference-select",
> > > > > &temp);
> > > --
