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([2600:8803:e7e4:500:5c13:5a8e:1b91:8035]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5614622812f47-478a3666dbfsm4831509b6e.15.2026.04.12.11.45.40 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:45:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <801badd3-d10d-4bae-b3e1-73aa1edff47c@baylibre.com> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:45:40 -0500 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 8/9] Documentation: ABI: testing: add docs for ad9910 sysfs entries To: Jonathan Cameron , Rodrigo Alencar <455.rodrigo.alencar@gmail.com> Cc: Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay , rodrigo.alencar@analog.com, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Lars-Peter Clausen , Michael Hennerich , Andy Shevchenko , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Philipp Zabel , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan References: <20260318-ad9910-iio-driver-v2-0-e79f93becf11@analog.com> <20260318-ad9910-iio-driver-v2-8-e79f93becf11@analog.com> <20260322172257.1681de69@jic23-huawei> <20260412155115.2f7a83bf@jic23-huawei> Content-Language: en-US From: David Lechner In-Reply-To: <20260412155115.2f7a83bf@jic23-huawei> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 4/12/26 9:51 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:36:08 +0000 > Rodrigo Alencar <455.rodrigo.alencar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 26/03/22 05:22PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote: >>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:56:08 +0000 >>> Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay wrote: >>> >>>> From: Rodrigo Alencar >>>> >>>> Add ABI documentation file for the DDS AD9910 with sysfs entries to >>>> control Parallel Port, Digital Ramp Generator, RAM and OSK parameters. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Alencar >>>> --- >> ... >>> >>>> + - "ramp_down": No-dwell low; the ramp resets to upper >>>> + limit upon reaching the lower limit. >>>> + - "ramp_up": No-dwell high; the ramp resets to lower >>>> + limit upon reaching the upper limit. >>>> + - "bidirectional_continuous": Both no-dwell high and low; >>>> + the ramp continuously sweeps without dwelling. >>> >>> Triangle wave? bidirectional continuous is a rather confusing term so maybe >>> we should rethink this one. >> >> Mostly yes, but not only that. Sawtooth can be achieved as well by changing >> the step sizes, also other weird patterns can be achieved by toggling DRCTL pin. > > Sawtooth is kind of a special triangle wave with one very steep side. > Wikipedia even has: "It can also be considered the extreme case of an asymmetric triangle wave" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawtooth_wave > >> This mode is the most useful when one does not have an FPGA and want to save >> resources on controlling the DRCTL pin. That mode name comes from the datasheet, >> so I suppose it was fine. > > Let us see if we can get more opinions on this. Whilst I can see the logic of > the datasheet naming, it's a bit obscure. > It is the same as ramp_up and ramp_down other than what happens when it hits the limit? If so, I would call it ramp_up_down.