[PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: ina3221: Add ti,single-shot property

From: Nicolin Chen
Date: Thu Jan 17 2019 - 18:13:26 EST


By default, ina3221, as a hardware monitor, continuously measures
the inputs and generates corresponding data. However, for battery
powered devices, this mode might be power consuming.

This patch adds a "ti,single-shot" property to allow changing the
default continuous mode to single-shot operating mode.

Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changelog
v2->v3:
* Added "Reviewed-by" from Rob
v1->v2:
* N/A

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina3221.txt | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina3221.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina3221.txt
index a7b25caa2b8e..fa63b6171407 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina3221.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina3221.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ Texas Instruments INA3221 Device Tree Bindings
- reg: I2C address

Optional properties:
+ - ti,single-shot: This chip has two power modes: single-shot (chip takes one
+ measurement and then shuts itself down) and continuous (
+ chip takes continuous measurements). The continuous mode is
+ more reliable and suitable for hardware monitor type device,
+ but the single-shot mode is more power-friendly and useful
+ for battery-powered device which cares power consumptions
+ while still needs some measurements occasionally.
+ If this property is present, the single-shot mode will be
+ used, instead of the default continuous one for monitoring.
+
= The node contains optional child nodes for three channels =
= Each child node describes the information of input source =

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