Re: [PATCH v2 14/16] hwmon: (mr75203) parse thermal coefficients from device-tree

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On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:57:58AM +0300, Farber, Eliav wrote:
> On 8/18/2022 11:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > The calculation was just changed to use new defaults in a previous
> > patch. This patch makes it quite clear that the coefficients
> > are implementation (?) dependent. So the previous patch just changes
> > the defaults to (presumably) the coefficients used in your system.
> > That is inappropriate. Adding non-default corefficients is ok
> > and makes sense is supported by the chip, but changing defaults
> > isn't.
> The calculation was changed in previous patch to match series 5 of the
> Moortec Embedded Temperature Sensor (METS) datasheet.
> In our SOC we use series 6 which has a slightly different equation and
> different coefficients.
> I did the changes in steps.
> With this last change, both series 5 and 6 are supported, in addition to
> calibrated vs. non-calibrated modes.
> In addition the data sheet just recommends default values but they also
> specifically mention that actual values might vary from product to product.
> 
Please mention all this in the commit description.

Guenter

> --
> Regards, Eliav



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