Re: [PATCH v10 04/17] iio: add IIO_FREQUENCY channel type
From: Rodrigo Alencar
Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 13:13:01 EST
On 22/09/26 16:56, Rodrigo Alencar wrote:
> esOn 29/07/26 09:25, Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: Rodrigo Alencar <rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add IIO_FREQUENCY channel type to support Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS)
> > devices that handles frequency values written directly to its buffered
> > interface.
>
> ...
>
> > Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Alencar <rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 1 +
> > include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h | 1 +
> > tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c | 2 ++
> > 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > index bdf3d4c06331..a45277bc5d99 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
> > [IIO_ATTENTION] = "attention",
> > [IIO_ALTCURRENT] = "altcurrent",
> > [IIO_COVERAGE] = "coverage",
> > + [IIO_FREQUENCY] = "frequency",
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Thanks for not giving up on this one! Taking a look at the testing branch,
> I think this line was dropped during the rebase (addressing a conflict)
btw, now that we are at this again, it crossed my mind...
Is it fine to have a channel named the same way an attribute may be named?
wonder if userspace tools could get confused.
--
Kind regards,
Rodrigo Alencar