linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] iio: afe: unit-converter: add support for adi,lt6106

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:13:19 -0500
From:   "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>
To:     Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] iio: afe: unit-converter: add support for adi,lt6106

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@...ntia.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

compatibles in this driver called "unit-converter" which is still a
misnomer IMHO.

Andrew