On 12/9/20 12:11 AM, Alexandru Ardelean wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 6:10 PM Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I have this TI's TMP117 sensor with me and I was thinking about writing an >> IIO driver for it as a hobby project. Is the IIO subsystem the correct >> place for this driver? if yes, can someone help me get started with this, >> I haven't written an IIO driver before. I have this sensor and also a >> raspberry pi with me for testing. > > This could also fit into drivers/hwmon. > Looking at the HWMON subsystem there are more TMP drivers there > (TMP102/103/108/401/513). > The first 3 seem a bit more similar to TMP117 (in terms of register map). > It would probably be better suited for hwmon (it has limit registers, suggesting a common use as hardware monitoring device). > Let's see what others have to add. > But, all-in-all whatever driver you end up writing, the easiest method > is to copy an existing similar driver and extend it. > Sometimes, a part can be added to an existing driver. > At a quick scan through existing drivers, it doesn't look like TMP117 > is similar to existing drivers, so it may require a new driver > altogether. I don't see an immediate match either, but the tmp102 hwmon driver might be a good start. Guenter > I may have missed something though. > > Thanks > Alex > >> >> -- >> Thanks and Regards >> >> Yours Truly, >> >> Puranjay Mohan
