On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 07:24:07PM +0530, Naresh Solanki wrote: > Hi Conor, Peter, > > On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 at 18:39, Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 12:49:26PM +0100, Peter Rosin wrote: > > > 2024-02-02 at 11:43, Naresh Solanki wrote: > > > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 22:24, Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 04:35:16PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > > >>> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:29:59 +0100 > > > >>> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>>> On 30/01/2024 12:56, Naresh Solanki wrote: > > > >>> Conor requested an example of the device acting as a consumer and a provider. > > > >>> Might have meant in the patch description? > > > >>> > > > >>> Conor? > > > >> > > > >> I wanted it in the property description to help with understanding when > > > >> to use it. I don't think the extra example nodes actually help you > > > >> understand what it is doing, only how to write one yourself once you > > > >> know you need it. > > > > > > > > I'm not sure if I get it right but what I understood is that a > > > > voltage-divider can > > > > also be a provider to other devices & hence the property. > > > > Also do you want me to put a complete example of it in description ? > > > > > > My understanding is the requested example in the description should not > > > be exactly /how/ to hook up the voltage-divider as a provider, but > > > instead have some words about why it is interesting to do so at all. And > > > those words would also make it clear that is even possible. The latter > > > is something which, to be honest, is perhaps not all that obvious. It > > > has always been totally obvious to me of course, sorry for not being > > > clearer when I wrote the binding... > > > > Yeah, you're right about what I was looking for Peter. > > > > In my original request, which I think I already linked to in this > > thread, I said that I would like an example like the one that Peter had > > used to explain to me the scenario in which someone would want to use > > this feature: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/536971eb-51f0-40e5-d025-7c4c1d683d49@xxxxxxxxxx/ > ok. Based on my understanding, I'll update the property description > with an example. > > description: > In addition to consuming the measurement services of a voltage output > channel the voltage divider can act as a provider of measurement > services to other devices. > This is particularly useful in scenarios wherein, > ADC has analog frontend such as voltage divider then consuming its raw > value isn't interesting. This sentence is structured pretty weirdly, it's missing articles and prepositions, but you have the right idea here, thanks. > It is desired to get real voltage before > voltage divider.
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