Re: [RFC/PATCH] iio: light: add support for TI's opt3001 ligth sensor

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Hi,

On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 12:09:36AM +0200, Peter Meerwald wrote:
> > > > +		.scan_type = {
> > > > +			.sign = 'u',
> > > 
> > > .realbits / .storagebits missing?
> > 
> > yeah, couldn't figure this out. The HW gives me a 16-bit value where
> > 12-bits are the mantissa and 4-bits are for the exponent. Should I call
> > realbits 16 and storagebits 32 ?
> 
> so .realbits = 16 and .storagebits = 16, but there is no way to describe 
> the mantissa/exponent thing to userspace
> 
> you are not using iio_triggered_buffer_setup() yet, so no need for 
> .scan_type (yet)

ok... but then that brings up a doubt. What would I use triggered buffer
for ? I already setup High/Low limits (thresholds) through
.write_event_value(). Isn't that, pretty much, a triggered buffer ?

-- 
balbi

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