Re: [PATCH v5 02/11] iio: adc: Add basic support for AD4170

[Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@gmail.com>]

On 06/12, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 06:04:49PM -0300, Marcelo Schmitt wrote:
> > On 06/11, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 05:31:25PM -0300, Marcelo Schmitt wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > > +	return spi_write(st->spi, st->tx_buf, size + 2);
> > > 
> > > ... + sizeof(reg) ?
> > 
> > The size of the specific ADC register is stored in the size variable.
> > The result of sizeof(reg) can be different on different machines and will
> > probably not be equal to the size of the register in the ADC chip.
> 
> Hmm... But shouldn't we have a variable type that respects the sizeof() of the
> register in HW to keep it there? 2 is magic.
> 
I'll add a define for that constant.
For clarification, there is a 2 byte instruction phase during which the driver
sends the R/W flag and register address. After that, it sends the data to be
written to the register. There are 1 byte, 2 byte, and 3 byte long registers.
So, the total transfer length is 2 + reg size.

...
> 
> > > > +	/* Assume AVSS at GND (0V) if not provided */
> > > > +	st->vrefs_uv[AD4170_AVSS_SUP] = ret == -ENODEV ? 0 : -ret;
> > > 
> > > -ret ?!?!
> > 
> > That's because AVSS is never above system ground level (i.e. AVSS is either GND
> > or a negative voltage). But we currently don't have support for reading negative
> > voltages with the regulator framework. So, the current AD4170 support reads
> > a positive value from the regulator, then inverts signal to make it negative :)
> 
> This needs a good comment and ideally a TODO item in the regulator framework.
> (It might be easy to implement by adding a flag without changing the type of
>  the field, if it's unsigned.)

I'll add a TODO mark and expand the comment in the driver.
Not sure about sending a patch only adding a TODO to the regulator framework.
Aren't developers expected to propose things?
I'm anticipating 'talk is cheap, show me the code' coming.


Thanks,
Marcelo