Re: [PATCH/RFC] iio: hi8435: do not enable all events by default

[Nikita Yushchenko]

>> Still, isn't there subsystem-level default that all events are disabled
>> by default?  If such, then current hi8435 state breaks subsystem-level
>> rules, which is a [userspace-visible] bug.  I'm not sure how far should
>> we go in bug compatibility.
>
> It is indeed the subsystem default (as much as we have one)
> 
> This is a moderately obscure chip for linux systems, do we have a good handle
> on where it is being used - i.e. are most of the devices under control of
> people we can discuss this with?

Company I work with, uses this chip in several boards; what they need is
a service that monitors all connected chip's outputs and detects
changes.  They originally wanted gpio-style access to use with userspace
polling, and were not pleased with entire IIO thing. However it's
important for them to minimize required kernel patches against mainline,
thus if mainline supports this chip as IIO device that's ok for them.

Questions like default event enable state has little practical impact.
It's more about keeping architecture clean.

Nikita