>-----Original Message----- >From: Guenter Roeck [mailto:guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:09 PM >To: Zhang, Sonic >Cc: Jonathan Cameron; Mike Frysinger; >linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; device-drivers-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] staging: iio: adc: new driver for >ADT7408 temperature sensors > >On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:20:59AM -0400, Zhang, Sonic wrote: >[ ... ] > >> >> With the raw register value, the driver gives application >develop full flexibility to control the device. Is it possible >to define a unifiied ABI for all different ADCs in IIO >framework? May IIO should document a policy on ABI difinition. >> >The whole point of an ABI (or API) is that it is well defined >and unified, and can be used across multiple devices. >Otherwise it is not an ABI. > >Guenter > Yes, I don't think the attribute values exported by the IIO ADC drivers are ABI. Difference ADCs may differ. Sonic -- 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
