From: "Gaëtan Carlier" <gcembed@gmail.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: linux-leds@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Add driver for MCP45HV51 (digital potentiometer)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 19:38:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b4331c91-b35c-5e02-d70e-daf7cc689442@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180103175628.GA31502@amd>
Hi Pavel,
On 01/03/2018 06:56 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> I want to integrate MCP45HV51 I2C device to Linux kernel. It is a digital
>> potentiometer.
>> I have several questions:
>> - Is "leds driver" the correct section ?
>> - On which existing I2C leds driver should I base my code to use the most
>> recent API/pratice ?
>> - Maybe it is not needed to write a C driver and everything can be done via
>> devicetree ?
>
> Umm. What makes you think that LED driver is correct section? LEDs are
> little lights...
>
> Pavel
>
I know that, but like Led and Backlight, digital potentiometers are just
a device that needs a 0 to 255 value...
So I don't know where to put it maybe in IIO driver ?
Best regards,
Gaëtan.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-03 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-03 16:08 Add driver for MCP45HV51 (digital potentiometer) Gaëtan Carlier
2018-01-03 17:56 ` Pavel Machek
2018-01-03 18:38 ` Gaëtan Carlier [this message]
2018-01-03 19:00 ` Pavel Machek
2018-01-03 19:25 ` Gaëtan Carlier
2018-01-03 19:37 ` Gaëtan Carlier
2018-01-03 20:02 ` Pavel Machek
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