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From: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
To: Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>
Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>, <jic23@kernel.org>,
	<linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] iio: light: add support for TI's opt3001 ligth sensor
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 17:18:23 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140806221823.GE3556@saruman.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.01.1408062347350.7595@pmeerw.net>

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Hi,

On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 12:09:36AM +0200, Peter Meerwald wrote:
> > > > +		.scan_type = {
> > > > +			.sign = 'u',
> > > 
> > > .realbits / .storagebits missing?
> > 
> > yeah, couldn't figure this out. The HW gives me a 16-bit value where
> > 12-bits are the mantissa and 4-bits are for the exponent. Should I call
> > realbits 16 and storagebits 32 ?
> 
> so .realbits = 16 and .storagebits = 16, but there is no way to describe 
> the mantissa/exponent thing to userspace
> 
> you are not using iio_triggered_buffer_setup() yet, so no need for 
> .scan_type (yet)

ok... but then that brings up a doubt. What would I use triggered buffer
for ? I already setup High/Low limits (thresholds) through
.write_event_value(). Isn't that, pretty much, a triggered buffer ?

-- 
balbi

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-06 22:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-06 16:10 [RFC/PATCH] iio: light: add support for TI's opt3001 ligth sensor Felipe Balbi
2014-08-06 21:11 ` Peter Meerwald
2014-08-06 21:42   ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-06 22:09     ` Peter Meerwald
2014-08-06 22:18       ` Felipe Balbi [this message]
2014-08-06 22:25         ` Peter Meerwald
2014-08-06 22:30           ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-06 22:35             ` Peter Meerwald
2014-08-06 22:38               ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-07 10:13                 ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 10:08     ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 14:39       ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-07 16:27         ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 16:36           ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-07 17:00             ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 10:01 ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 14:28   ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-07 16:26     ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 16:30       ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 16:35       ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-07 16:58         ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-08-07 17:54           ` Felipe Balbi
2014-08-11 14:34 ` [RFC/PATCH v2] " Felipe Balbi
2014-08-11 14:46   ` Peter Meerwald
2014-08-11 14:58     ` Felipe Balbi

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