On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 29/04/16 13:19, Constantin Musca wrote: >> Minimal implementation of an IIO driver for the Freescale >> MMA7660FC 3-axis accelerometer. Datasheet: >> http://www.freescale.com.cn/files/sensors/doc/data_sheet/MMA7660FC.pdf >> >> Includes: >> - ACPI support; >> - read_raw for x,y,z axes; >> - reading and setting the scale (range) parameter. >> - power management >> >> Signed-off-by: Constantin Musca <constantin.musca@xxxxxxxxx> > Couple of trivial bits inline as well as that request to update the link above > if possible... > > Why the retries? (I'm on a train without internet access for quite a few > hours yet hence I can't dig into the datasheet!) I suggested the retries because it's quite unsafe to infinitely loop in the kernel on a hardware condition. We can lockup the kernel if there is some sort of hardware problem. > > Anyhow, even if it's obvious from the datasheet, that sort of 'magic' needs > an explanation comment... -- 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
