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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] IIO: Cleanups and complicated channel modifiers.
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 15:33:33 -0400
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On Wed 30 May 2012 15:40, Jonathan Cameron pondered:
> Hi All,
>
> Dropping the reset attributes was discussed a while back and no
> one could come up with a reason for having them. Unless anyone
> does have a good reason, lets drop these before we move the
> relevant drivers out of staging.

This is the only way that userspace can re-initialise the device (if someone 
modified the calibration settings, and wants to get back to the factory 
setting).

That doesn't mean it's necessary - it just means that is what it was there 
for.

-Robin