Re: [PATCH 5/7] iio: magnetometer: yas530: Change data type of calibration coefficients

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On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 1:39 AM Jakob Hauser <jahau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is a preparation for adding YAS537 variant.
>
> YAS537 uses other data types on the calibration coefficients [1] than YAS530 [2]
> and YAS532 [3].
>
> On YAS537, at least for a4 and a7 this could matter because 8-bit unsigned data
> from the register gets stored into a signed data type, therefore this should be
> 8-bit as well.
>
> For YAS530/532, on the other hand, it doesn't seem to matter. The size of a2-a9
> and k is smaller than 8-bit at extraction, also the applied math is low. And
> Cx/Cy1/Cy2, now being defined as signed 16-bit, are extracted as unsigned 8-bit
> and undergo only minor math.
>
> [1] https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/android_kernel_qcom_msm8916/blob/GT-I9195I/drivers/iio/magnetometer/yas_mag_drv-yas537.c#L76-L78
> [2] https://github.com/NovaFusion/android_kernel_samsung_golden/blob/cm-12.1/drivers/sensor/compass/yas_mag_driver-yas530.c#L526-L527
> [3] https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/android_kernel_qcom_msm8916/blob/GT-I9195I/drivers/iio/magnetometer/yas_mag_drv-yas532.c#L76-L77
>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jakob Hauser <jahau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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