linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: iio: stm32-adc: add option to set resolution

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:29:48 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, lars@...afoo.de, knaack.h@....de,
        pmeerw@...erw.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: iio: stm32-adc: add option to set
 resolution

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 05:04:45PM +0100, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:
> On 02/19/2017 01:09 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On 15/02/17 16:55, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:
> > > Add documentation for 'st,adc-res' dt optional property.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...com>
> > I'm happy with this, but would like to leave time for a device tree review.
> > 
> > Ultimately we may well want to make this a generic property and call it something
> > like adc-resolution but perhaps we need to wait until we have a few more devices
> > supporting setting it via device tree to figure out what the best interface is.
> > It would exactly be a problem to support this as a deprecated binding at that
> > point.
> 
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> I agree with you on this... It may be better to have generic property
> for this, especially if you see that it will come in the near future.
> May I suggest this prop to be less restrictive, e.g. like resolution-bits as
> is may also be worth for other device types, e.g. DAC as an example ?

Yes, please make this a commmon property.

Rob