Re: [PATCH v0 00/14] iio: magnetometer: ak8975: Additional changes to the driver

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Mon Apr 27 2026 - 16:22:36 EST


On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 10:09:45PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> This series is an attempt to make the driver less a rabbit hole.

FWIW, the more refactoring and cleaning up may be
- moving to guard()() - requires preparatory refactoring
- splitting chip_info array to individual data, getting rid of .type field

When I looked into them, I understood that my time slot for this driver
is fully consumed (and even more) already, so I leave it to the motivated
people.

> It's a continuation of what Joshua Crofts started doing. Hence
> it is based on his work and first three "patches" here are supposed
> to be folded to his series accordingly.
>
> I have compile-tested them, but I haven't done full double check of
> the correctness from functional point of view. Joshua, please do that
> before incorporating into your series. Yes, my patches are assumed to
> become the part of Joshua's whatever next version of the series, that's
> why mine is marked as v0.
>
> Should not be taken directly by the maintainers, but any comments, review
> are highly appreciated.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko