linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: magnetometer: si7210: fix magnetic field measurement scale

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Message-ID: <Z6CLw5h5EwDGanl-@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 11:26:27 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Antoni Pokusinski <apokusinski01@...il.com>
Cc: jic23@...nel.org, lars@...afoo.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: magnetometer: si7210: fix magnetic field
 measurement scale

On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 11:07:10AM +0100, Antoni Pokusinski wrote:
> Applying the current scale value to the raw magnetic field measurements
> gives the result in mT.
> 
> Fix the scale by increasing it 10 times, so that the final result after
> applying the scale is in Gauss.

No objections against this change, just wondering since these are
the ABI changes (correct?) how should we really handle them in case
some of the user space stuff already relies on 'bad' values?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko