Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] iio: afe: unit-converter: add support for adi,lt6106 | From | Peter Rosin <> | Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:29:33 +0200 |
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On 2018-04-11 18:13, Andrew F. Davis wrote: > On 04/11/2018 10:51 AM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: >> On 04/11/2018 05:43 PM, Andrew F. Davis wrote: >>> On 04/11/2018 09:15 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: >>>> This is a current sense amplifier from Analog Devices. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se> >>>> --- >>>> drivers/iio/afe/Kconfig | 3 +- >>>> drivers/iio/afe/iio-unit-converter.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/afe/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/afe/Kconfig >>>> index 642ce4eb12a6..0e10fe8f459a 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/iio/afe/Kconfig >>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/afe/Kconfig >>>> @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ config IIO_UNIT_CONVERTER >>>> depends on OF || COMPILE_TEST >>>> help >>>> Say yes here to build support for the IIO unit converter >>>> - that handles voltage dividers and current sense shunts. >>>> + that handles voltage dividers, current sense shunts and >>>> + the LT6106 Current Sense Amplifier from Analog Devices. >>> >>> Could work better to split these out into separate drivers. Maybe a >>> iio-shunt-resistor.c that does just voltage->current with the >>> appropriate scaling. Then make a a separate lt6106.c. >> >> I don't think we need a separate driver here. There are tons of circuits >> that all work the same way and all require the same properties. If we'd add >> a driver for each of them we'd get buried in boilerplate code. >> > > Fair enough, then it should at least be renamed to something generic > like current-sense-amplifier, as you said lots of circuits do this, not > just lt6106s. We will have then have support for: > > current-sense-amplifier > current-sense-shunt > voltage-divider
For the compatible "current-sense-amplifier", I would advocate the properties...
sense-resistor-micro-ohms sense-gain
(or something close to that)
...and not input-resistor-ohms and output-resistor-ohms which are way more particular to the LT6106.
But as I said in the cover letter, I didn't go with sense-gain since I thought I would end up with requests for non-integer gains. There is yet to be a comment on the non-integer gain problem, and before there is a path forward for that case, I'm reluctant.
> compatibles in this driver called "unit-converter" which is still a > misnomer IMHO.
I don't remember you having presented your preference, and I think that goes against the established bike-shedding protocol?
Cheers, Peter
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