Re: extending /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_accelX_power_mode

[Daniel Baluta]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Would it be ok, if adding in_accelX_power_mode to a driver, to extend it
> so that in_accel_power_mode_available offers:
>
> low_noise low_power low_power_low_noise normal
>
> if there's a default "normal" mode, plus options to increase or decrease
> oversampling / power consumption for my device?
>
> Specifically I'm unsure about "low_power_low_noise" being enough
> user-friendly. The chip I work with just happens to offer these 4 modes.
> Would you leave out "low_power_low_noise" and go with
>
> low_noise low_power normal
>
> or is it not even desired to add "normal" to the list?
>
> Although strictly not necessary, I would add any new addition to the
> Documentation as well.

The problem with this is that is not uniform across sensors. What
chip are you looking at?

For example INV6500 has:
* sleep mode
* standby mode
* etc.

Daniel.