Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] iio: add driver for the TI DAC8554

[Nikolaus Schulz <nikolaus.schulz-RM9K5IK7kjKj5M59NBduVrNAH6kLmebB@public.gmane.org>]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 12:18:50PM +0100, Hartmut Knaack wrote:
> Nikolaus Schulz schrieb am 12.12.2014 um 16:58:
> > On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 12:36:19PM +0100, Hartmut Knaack wrote:
> >> Nikolaus Schulz schrieb am 24.11.2014 um 20:50:
> >>> The TI DAC8554 is a quad-channel Digital-to-Analog Converter with an SPI
> >>> interface.
[dac8554_probe:]
> >>> +	st->vref_mv =oltage_uv / 1000;
> >> How hard do you want to depend on a voltage regulator? Doing regulator_get_voltage()
> >> could even be called dynamically in _read_raw(), making a real regulator optional.
> > 
> > Hmm. I understand that the DAC voltage input may not be provided by a
> > regulator, but is that a common scenario?  No other DAC driver I looked
> > at handles that case, they all consider it an error if the regulator is
> > absent.
> > 
> I had people in mind, who might want to use such DAC with one of the popular
> embedded boards like Raspberry Pi - people who would just like to "plug and
> play" without the need or ability to build a kernel (or would prefer to go
> with the convenience of a distribution kernel). But since you've put a
> dependency on OF, I don't see a way to use this device with a stock distribution
> kernel anyway.

As long as the kernel supports devicetree, compiling the module and a
new DT blob should be enough to enable support for the DAC8554.

And, as Jonathan has pointed out, if there is no real regulator
providing the input current, a fixed regulator can be added to the DT.

> But I still think that calculating the actual voltage during _read_raw() would
> be a good idea, as there is support for regulators providing different voltages,
> which can be changed during runtime.

Agreed.

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