Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] iio: adc: ad9467: Support alternative backends

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:08:29 +0000
Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@vaisala.com> wrote:

> To facilitate backends with different set of features, add support
> for defining capabilites provided by the backend. These capabilites

Spell check. capabilities

> typically extend beyond a single operation and are therefore not
> directly linked to if a single function call is implemented or not.
> Furthermore, the capabilites determine if a certain set of operations
> should be attempted, or skipped by the frontend. This way
> the frontend driver can work with a minimalistic set of features and
> still have the device in fully functional state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@vaisala.com>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Readd CAP_BUFFERING and also add CAP_ALWAYS_ON to support backends
>   that do not need explicit enable/disable
> - Don't mix checks for eopnotsupp and caps. Prefer capability checking
>   also for caps that map to single operation
> - Move capability checking to top of call stack
> - Revise iio_backend_has_caps to use bool signature and fixup semantics
> - Amend documentation texts
> - Add capability checks for axi-dac
> - Drop two's complement patch from this series, already applied
> - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260114-b4-ad9467-optional-backend-v3-0-d2c84979d010@vaisala.com
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - Reduce set of capabilities to only include calibration. The other
>   ones propsed in V2 can be seen as subset of calibration, or single
>   operation failing with opnotsupported
> - Rename backends checking function
> - Relocate caps field inside backend struct (pahole)
> - Add kernel-docs
> - Add capabilites for exisiting backend variants
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260113-b4-ad9467-optional-backend-v2-0-0a27e7e72f41@vaisala.com
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Added industrialio-backend capabilities feature
> - Removed acceptance for fully optional backend, instead require atleast
>   minimalistic backend to exist
> - Switched to FIELD_MODIFY()
> - Fixed kernel test robot reported failure for missing bitfield.h
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251216-b4-ad9467-optional-backend-v1-0-83e61531ef4d@vaisala.com
> 
> ---
> Tomas Melin (4):
>       iio: industrialio-backend: support backend capabilities
>       iio: adc: adi-axi-adc: define supported iio-backend capabilities
>       iio: adc: adi-axi-dac: define supported iio-backend capabilities
>       iio: adc: ad9467: check for backend capabilities
> 
>  drivers/iio/adc/ad9467.c           | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c      |  3 ++
>  drivers/iio/dac/adi-axi-dac.c      |  2 ++
>  drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c | 16 +++++++++
>  include/linux/iio/backend.h        | 25 +++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: a7b10f0963c651a6406d958a5f64b9c5594f84da
> change-id: 20251215-b4-ad9467-optional-backend-23f1099ee4d7
> 
> Best regards,