linux-kernel - Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] ad525x_dpot: new driver for AD525x digital potentiometers

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:44:22 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org, chrisv@...erswitching.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, michael.hennerich@...log.com
Subject: Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] ad525x_dpot: new driver for AD525x 
	digital potentiometers

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 21:27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:14:37 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> > + __ __ __ if (reg & AD525X_REG_TOL)
>> > + __ __ __ __ __ __ __ return sprintf(buf, "0x%04x\n", value & 0xFFFF);
>> > + __ __ __ else
>> > + __ __ __ __ __ __ __ return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", value & data->rdac_mask);
>> >
>> > which makes me suspect that the proposed userspace interface is quite
>> > poor.
>>
>> not really.
>
> Think so.  We have a sysfs file which under some circumstances will
> return a decimal number and which under others will return a hex
> number.  So userspace is supposed to look for the leading 0x to work
> out how to interpret that number?
>
> Or something.  Whatever.  Perhaps it all makes sense when one has seen
> the overall description.

no, you're looking at one common function which is called by different
sysfs files.  no point in copying & pasting the same code over and
over.  all of the rdac files display as a hex file while all the
non-rdac files display as a decimal.
-mike
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