linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] IIO wrapper drivers, dpot-dac and envelope-detector

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Message-ID: <30a4b562-f553-2620-e961-c2904bce9c51@metafoo.de>
Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:29:16 +0200
From:   Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:     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>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] IIO wrapper drivers, dpot-dac and envelope-detector

On 10/20/2016 04:53 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
[...]
> Good idea! Then the "envelope-detector,inverted" bool can go, and be
> implied by the compatible string. If some way to rebind the irq trigger
> is later discovered that can be added as a channel attr without
> deprecating any dt bindings stuff. While at it, the other properties
> ("envelope-detector,dac-max" and "envelope-detector,comp-interval-ms")
> could also be implied from the compatible string. Would that be better?
> I think so.
> 
> But, the compatible string is one thing and the driver name is another.
> "axentia,tse850-envelope-detector" doesn't seem like the best of driver
> names...

The driver name is not that important we can still change that later if we
have to, the DT compatible string on the other hand is fixed.

> 
> Are there any existing examples of drivers for (generic) things built
> with discrete components like this that could perhaps provide guidance?

Not that I'm aware of.