linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] hwmon: (tmp102) Improve handling of initial read delay

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Message-ID: <578558BD.1000608@ti.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:53:17 -0500
From:	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>
CC:	<linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] hwmon: (tmp102) Improve handling of initial read
 delay

On 06/29/2016 10:41 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> If the chip was in shutdown mode when the driver was loaded, the first
> conversion is ready no more than 35 milli-seconds after the chip was
> taken out of shutdown. The driver delay was so far set to 333 ms (HZ / 3),
> which is much higher than the maximum time needed by the chip.
> Reduce the time to 35 milli-seconds.
>
> Introduce a 'valid' flag to ensure that sensor data is actually read
> even if requested less than 333 ms after the driver was loaded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---
> v3: Don't go to sleep if sensor readings are not available;
>      instead, return -EAGAIN (matching previous behavior)
>      tmp102_update_device() is now a void function.
> v2: No change
>
> Note: This series depends on the following two patches in -next.


a little too late perhaps.. Apologies, was on vacation.. tested and 
for the series:

Acked-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>


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Regards,
Nishanth Menon