Re: iio: v2, add support for HMC5883/HMC5883L to HMC5843 driver

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Hi Peter,

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:49 AM, Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> here is my updated patch series to extend the HMC5843 magnetometer
> driver to support the HMC5883/HMC5883L devices
>
> patch 1 fixes access issues to the hmc5843 private data,
> patches 2 to 7 are preparatory patches,
> patch 8 actually brings in the support for the new devices
>
> the timeout in the read loop has not yet been implemented (suggestions by
> Lars-Peter Clausen)
>
> the driver has a severe limitation: X/Y/Z must ALL be read to allow new
> data to become available (the device goes into a locked state until all
> are read)

Thats a limitation comming from the data sheet right?

Are you suggesting a read all and report only requested?
to work round that.

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