linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] iio: resistance: Document that resistance can be output

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Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:59:42 +0300
From:	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
To:	Peter Rosin <peda@...ator.liu.se>
Cc:	"linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>, Crt Mori <cmo@...exis.com>,
	Andreas Dannenberg <dannenberg@...com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] iio: resistance: Document that resistance can be output

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Peter Rosin <peda@...ator.liu.se> wrote:
> On 2015-09-22 14:48, Daniel Baluta wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Peter Rosin <peda@...ator.liu.se> wrote:
>>> From: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio |    2 ++
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> index 9398484196c4..2eea468f704d 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> @@ -1475,6 +1475,8 @@ Description:
>>>
>>>  What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_resistance_raw
>>>  What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_resistanceX_raw
>>> +What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_resistance_raw
>>> +What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_resistanceX_raw
>>>  KernelVersion: 4.3
>>>  Contact:       linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
>>>  Description:
>>
>> One more thing. The description for this sections says:
>>
>> »       »       Raw (unscaled no offset etc.) resistance reading that
>> can be processed
>> »       »       into an ohm value.
>>
>> I'm not sure this still holds for out_resistanceX_raw. We have two options here:
>
> I figured it did hold, since you effectively select what reading the
> resistance inside the potentiometer should have. If it's really
> important I can of course make another spin, but is this somthing
> that is likely to be misunderstood?

Now, with your explanation it makes more sense. We can leave it like
that.

thanks,
Daniel.
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