linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/14] staging: comedi: daqboard2000: remove commented out code

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Message-ID: <573C4242.2010507@mev.co.uk>
Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 11:21:54 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@...ionengravers.com>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] staging: comedi: daqboard2000: remove commented out
 code

On 17/05/16 18:14, Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 2:53 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
>> Remove some commented out code.  Some of it uses constructs that don't
>> exist in the driver, and probably come from the source code for the MS
>> Windows driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
>> ---
>>   drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c | 6 ------
>>   1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c
>> index 57ab668..8c9a024 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c
[snip]
>> @@ -315,10 +313,6 @@ static void setup_sampling(struct comedi_device *dev, int chan, int gain)
>>   		word3 = 0;
>>   		break;
>>   	}
>> -/*
>> -  dev->eeprom.correctionDACSE[i][j][k].offset = 0x800;
>> -  dev->eeprom.correctionDACSE[i][j][k].gain = 0xc00;
>> -*/
>>   	/* These should be read from EEPROM */
>>   	word2 |= 0x0800;
>>   	word3 |= 0xc000;
>
> It might be a good idea to add a comment about the magic 0x0800 and 0xc000 values:
>
>>   	word2 |= 0x0800;	/* offset */
>>   	word3 |= 0xc000;	/* gain */

Fair enough.

> Wish I could find a register map for this board. I sent an email to Measurement Computing
> to see if one is available.

I think the board was made by IOTech and added to Measurement 
Computing's catalog, and the Windows driver appears to have been done by 
IOTech too.

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