Re: [PATCHv3] hwmon: Add tc654 driver

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Mon Oct 10 2016 - 17:00:10 EST


On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 08:08:14PM +0000, Chris Packham wrote:
> On 10/11/2016 02:22 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >> + if (val)
> >> > + data->config |= TC654_REG_CONFIG_DUTYC;
> >> > + else
> >> > + data->config &= ~TC654_REG_CONFIG_DUTYC;
> > I just realized that this won't work as intended. Problem is that you
> > only fill data->config when reading an attribute. So, if a set function
> > is called prior to reading an attribute, data->config will be 0, and
> > you end up overwriting the original configuration.
> >
>
> Should I just read it in the probe function or fill it in with the
> documented hardware defaults?

Reading it would be better - that leaves the option open that it was configured
by ROMMON or BIOS.

Guenter