Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] iio: bmi323: have the peripheral consume less power

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 16:11:21 +0200
Denis Benato <benato.denis96@gmail.com> wrote:

> The bmi323 chip is part of handhelds PCs that are run on battery.
> 
> One of said PC is well-known for its short battery life, even in s2idle:
> help mitigate that by putting the device in its lowest-consumption
> state while the peripheral is unused.
> 
> Have runtime-pm suspend callback save used configuration registers
> and runtime-pm resume callback restore saved registers to restore
> the previous state.
> 
For future reference, don't send new versions of a patch series
in reply to previous version. It's a good way to ensure your
code does not get reviewed as busy maintainers and reviewers
tend to start with latest threads and this style means
your patch ends up way off the top of the screen!

I don't know if other subsystems specifically ask for this style
of reply, but the ones that I interact with all specifically ask
people to not do what you have here.

Jonathan

> Changelog:
> - V2: patch 1:
> 	+ change patch commit message
> 	+ drop removal callbacks and use devm_add_action_or_reset
> 	+ split bmi323_init in two functions
> 	+ separate regs to save and relative value
> 	+ drop unhelpful consts ptr modifiers
> 	+ add a comment to explain why BMI323_FIFO_CTRL_REG is
> 	  being used in runtime resume
> - V3: patch 1:
>   + drop a struct array and replace with an array of
>     unsigned int: u8 was too small and it would have resulted
>     in overflow of register addresses
>   + use single-line comments where possible
>   + drop useless comments
>   + remove intermediate variables
>   + remove blank lines
> 
> Previous patches obsoleted:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240811161202.19818-1-benato.denis96@gmail.com
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240818150923.20387-1-benato.denis96@gmail.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis Benato <benato.denis96@gmail.com>
> 
> Denis Benato (1):
>   iio: bmi323: peripheral in lowest power state on suspend
> 
>  drivers/iio/imu/bmi323/bmi323_core.c | 155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 153 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>