Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] iio: adc: ad7173: add AD7173 driver

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> >> +		chan[chan_index].differential = fwnode_property_read_bool(child, "bipolar");  
> > 
> > bipolar doesn't normally == differential. 
> > You can have unipolar differential (just that you can't get a negative answer)
> > Perhaps just a terminology thing?
> >  
> 
> This device supports only differential channels. Here, the differential flag is used to show
> if bipolar coding should be used.

I'm confused - you are setting differential in the iio_chan_spec with this.
That affects the sysfs naming and a bunch of other stuff - not merely
the bipolar nature of the channel.


> 
> 
> >> +	st->info = device_get_match_data(dev);
> >> +	if (!st->info)
> >> +		return -ENODEV;  
> > This works for the cases of DT and ACPI but not for anyone just
> > using the spi_device_id table. 
> > There is spi_device_get_match_data() to cover all options.
> >   
> I could not find the spi_device_get_match_data() function in the repo.
> It appears however as a suggestion from Andy Shevchenko in a thread:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg2382960.html
>  Is this it? 

ah. I got the name wrong.
spi_get_device_match_data()


https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.6-rc5/source/drivers/spi/spi.c#L364