Re: [PATCH v3 RFC v3] dt-bindings: iio: adc: add ad7816/7/8 digital temperature sensor / ADC

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Sat Jul 11 2026 - 03:49:07 EST


On 10/07/2026 18:00, Taha Narimani wrote:
> Document the Analog Devices AD7816, AD7817, and AD7818 digital
> temperature sensor and ADC bindings in YAML format.
>
> Please note that the driver for this device is currently in drivers/staging.

So you should not send it.


> This patch is sent as an RFC to clean up and standardize the device tree
> bindings prior to any major driver refactoring.
>
> While reviewing the AD7816/7/8 datasheet to correctly document the properties,
> it was noted that the current staging driver attempts to request a 'busy' GPIO
> for both AD7816 and AD7817. However, the AD7816 is an 8-pin device and does
> not possess a BUSY pin (only the 16-pin AD7817 has it). Therefore, in this
> binding, busy-gpios is strictly limited to adi,ad7817.
>
> This resolves the checkpatch.pl warnings regarding undocumented DT
> compatible strings.

That's not necessary.

Best regards,
Krzysztof