From: Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@gmail.com>
To: Viral Patel <viral8854@gmail.com>
Cc: "Dixit Parmar" <dixitparmar19@gmail.com>,
"Jonathan Cameron" <jic23@kernel.org>,
"David Lechner" <dlechner@baylibre.com>,
"Nuno Sá" <nuno.sa@analog.com>,
"Andy Shevchenko" <andy@kernel.org>,
linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: magnetometer: tlv493d: fix magnetic field scale
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:07:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015110758.00002539@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014-tlv493d-scale-fix-v1-1-69a722176c06@gmail.com>
On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:07:36 +0530
Viral Patel <viral8854@gmail.com> wrote:
> The TLV493D-A1B6 datasheet specifies a magnetic resolution of
> 98 uT/LSB (0.098 mT/LSB). IIO reports magnetic field in Gauss
> (1 mT = 10 G), so the scale should be 0.98 G/LSB.
>
> The driver currently reports 98/1000 = 0.098 G/LSB, which
> under-reports the magnetic field by a factor of 10. The comment
> also gives the resolution as 0.0098 mT (9.8 uT), mixing up units.
>
> Correct the scale value and the comment.
>
> Fixes: 106511d280c7 ("iio: magnetometer: add support for Infineon TLV493D 3D Magentic sensor")
> Signed-off-by: Viral Patel <viral8854@gmail.com>
> ---
Good find.
Reviewed-by: Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@gmail.com>
--
Kind regards,
Joshua Crofts
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