linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ads1015) Add devicetree documentation

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Date:	Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:51:51 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Dirk Eibach <eibach@...ys.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	rdunlap@...otime.net, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	khali@...ux-fr.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ads1015) Add devicetree documentation

On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:16:45AM +0100, Dirk Eibach wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Dirk Eibach <eibach@...ys.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ads1015.txt |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ads1015.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ads1015.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ads1015.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..3a7d67a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ads1015.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +ADS1015 (I2C)
> +
> +Optional properties:
> +
> + - exported-channels : exported_channels is a bitmask that specifies which
> +		       inputs should be exported to sysfs.

Hmm, device tree bindings should be OS-neutral, sysfs is not. Maybe
"active-channels" would be better; then the OS could decide what to do
with the active channels. Then again, what is the drawback of exporting
all channels? Is there another hwmon-driver doing so (couldn't find
one)?

Regards,

   Wolfram

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