Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: axp288: Drop bogus AXP288_ADC_TS_PIN_CTRL register modifications

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For some reason the axp288_adc driver was modifying the
> AXP288_ADC_TS_PIN_CTRL register, changing bits 0-1 depending on
> whether the GP_ADC channel or another channel was written.
>
> These bits control when a bias current is send to the TS_PIN, the
> GP_ADC has its own pin and a separate bit in another register to
> control the bias current.
>
> Not only does changing when to enable the TS_PIN bias current
> (always or only when sampling) when reading the GP_ADC make no sense
> at all, the code is modifying these bits is writing the entire register,
> assuming that all the other bits have their default value.
>
> So if the firmware has configured a different bias-current for either
> pin, then that change gets clobbered by the write, likewise if the
> firmware has set bit 2 to indicate that the battery has no thermal sensor,
> this will get clobbered by the write.
>
> This commit fixes all this, by simply removing all writes to the
> AXP288_ADC_TS_PIN_CTRL register, they are not needed to read the
> GP_ADC pin, and can actually be harmful.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx>

Note that I do not have hardware to test this.
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