Hi Jonathan, Jonathan Cameron wrote on 2010-05-04: > Hi Michael >> The way available scan modes are handled in the max1363 driver doesn't >> nicely equate to the AD7997, AD7997 or AD7991 series of ADCs. These >> devices feature up to 8 Channels while each channel can be >> independently included into the scan sequence. (this would require up >> to 256 'named' modes) > I agree entirely. The approach originally used in max1363 has gone in > the latest patch set posted the other day (indeed the set you reference > below) >> >> A while ago we talked about this - and you said you would abandon >> the 'named' scan mode selection - and come up with something like a >> scan_elements directory with channel control files (enable/disable), >> and some sort of mechanism that rejects invalid combinations. >> >> I noticed some additions ... >> [PATCH 04/19] staging:iio: Support functions for scan mask matching > Yup. That's what max1363 now does. In the same series, see [PATCH > 08/19] staging:iio:max1363 move to new abi. > Sorry - I missed that one. > (as the new abi didn't allow the 'named' scan mode approach!) > > Other than some renaming, the lis3l20dq for example has done the > scan_elements approach from the start (as have some of the others.) > > Jonathan > > >> >> But the sysfs interface is not in place. >> Is this something you're still planning to put into place? >> >> Best regards, >> Michael >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ********* Analog Devices GmbH Open Platform Solutions >> ** ***** >> ** ** Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Strasse 6 >> ** ***** D-80807 Munich >> ********* Germany >> Registergericht München HRB 40368, Geschäftsführer: Thomas Wessel, >> William A. Martin, Margaret K. Seif >> >> Greetings, Michael Analog Devices GmbH Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Str. 6 80807 Muenchen Sitz der Gesellschaft Muenchen, Registergericht Muenchen HRB 4036 Geschaeftsfuehrer Thomas Wessel, William A. Martin, Margaret Seif -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
