linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] add support for MCP998X

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Message-ID: <20250920124244.1c263df0@jic23-huawei>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:42:44 +0100
From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To: <victor.duicu@...rochip.com>
Cc: <dlechner@...libre.com>, <nuno.sa@...log.com>, <andy@...nel.org>,
 <robh@...nel.org>, <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <marius.cristea@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] add support for MCP998X

On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:19:35 +0300
<victor.duicu@...rochip.com> wrote:

> From: Victor Duicu <victor.duicu@...rochip.com>
> 
> Add support for Microchip MCP998X/33 and MCP998XD/33D Multichannel Automotive Temperature Monitor Family.
> 
> The chips in the family have different numbers of external channels, ranging from 1 (MCP9982) to 4 channels (MCP9985).
> Reading diodes in anti-parallel connection is supported by MCP9984/85/33 and MCP9984D/85D/33D.
> Dedicated hardware shutdown circuitry is present only in MCP998XD and MCP9933D.
> 
> Current version of driver does not support interrupts, events and data buffering.

Similar to the emc1812, this probably wants a short statement of why IIO rather than hwmon.
Given it is called out as an automotive sensor I'm more confident this one is suitable
for IIO, but still good to state that in the cover letter.