linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Driver for as1531, Austria-Microsystem Analog to Digital Converter.

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 13:59:13 +0200
From:	Fabien Marteau <fabien.marteau@...adeus.com>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
CC:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>,
	"khali@...ux-fr.org" <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Driver for as1531, Austria-Microsystem Analog
 to Digital Converter.

On 17/05/2011 11:34, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 05/17/11 10:25, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On 05/17/11 08:06, Fabien Marteau wrote:
>>> Hi Guenter,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the review.
>>>
>>> On 16/05/2011 17:39, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 09:39:14AM -0400, fabien.marteau@...adeus.com wrote:
>>>>> From: Fabien Marteau <fabien.marteau@...adeus.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Some description, such as "Dhis driver adds support for xxx" would be nice.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I wonder if this driver belongs into hwmon in the first place. It is
>>>> a generic ADC chip with high conversion rate. iio would probably be more
>>>> appropriate and also much better in supporting high speed readings.
>>> I provided this driver "as is" because it's a driver that work well on
>>> our platform. I thought that iio was not stable enough driver framework
>>> to be used.
>>> I can rewrite it under iio framework but I have no time for this moment
>>> to do that. You think it's better to wait for an iio driver or to
>>> continue commiting this ?
>> I'd say that if you primary use is hwmon, put it there for now and we can think
>> about moving it at a later date depending on how people are actually using it.
>> Guenter, would that be ok for you?
> Having actually taken a look at the code, it's straight forward, so if you
> are using it as a general purpose adc then I'm happy to port to IIO
> sometimes soonish...  Will need some testing at somepoint though.
I've got it on my platform, then I can test it without problem if you want.

Fabien
> 
> Jonathan
> 

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