> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:08 PM > To: Miclaus, Antoniu <Antoniu.Miclaus@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > jic23@xxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] iio: frequency: adrf6780: add support for > ADRF6780 > > [External] > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 4:17 PM Miclaus, Antoniu > <Antoniu.Miclaus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 5:53 PM > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 2:43 PM Antoniu Miclaus > > > <antoniu.miclaus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ... > > > > First question is why not to use the regmap API (I have heard it has > > > gained support of 17 bit)? > > > > Initially that was the plan, but after this patch: > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/41 > 91f19792bf91267835eb090d970e9cd6277a65__;!!A3Ni8CS0y2Y!ptUV0YC2nfD > 6AdH_y5U0ziyELl4B9pDL0ubkdpFHFtrFNE_NqUS_TWm_gE-SlHV315Ak$ > > the custom write formats for regmap allow the read only via cached > registers. > > > > Therefore, I preferred using spi transfers for write/read to/from the > device. > > Not sure I follow you. That patch is upstream. Does it prevent you > from switching to regmap SPI API? It does not prevent me from switching to regmap SPI API. It will prevent me from using regmap_read to read directly from device. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4191f19792bf91267835eb090d970e9cd6277a65#diff-3e0b7d2f0a55adb6573693a514cb8024a81a55da848cb22632ab5fd4dd6dd4e4R39 > > ... > > > > > + depends on COMMON_CLK > > > > > > Is it mandatory for any function inside the device? > > > > Yes. It will serve as LO input to the device. > > But can the device work without it (with limited functionality)? This aspect is not clearly stated in the datasheet, but since the Enable register has the LO enabled by default, I considered this aspect as being mandatory. I will try to find out more information from the hardware guys who developed the part. > > -- > With Best Regards, > Andy Shevchenko