Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] iio: adc: driver for ti adc081s/adc101s/adc121s

[Lars-Peter Clausen]

On 01/26/2018 07:19 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 10:32 PM, Milan Stevanovic
> <milan.o.stevanovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>     Add Linux device driver for TI single-channel CMOS
>>     8/10/12-bit analog-to-digital converter with a
>>     high-speed serial interface.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Milan Stevanovic <milan.o.stevanovic@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
>> + * Analog Devices AD7466/7/8 AD7476/5/7/8 (A) SPI ADC driver
>> + * TI ADC081S/ADC101S/ADC121S 8/10/12-bit SPI ADC driver
> 
> Guys, I'm not sure I understood this mix.

You often have the case where two or even more vendors produce parts that
are (mostly) pin and register map compatible. This is typically to fulfill
the second source requirement that some customers have.

It is not uncommon to see drivers that support parts from different vendors.

> 
> We have like few TI drivers here:
> 
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc0832.c:352:module_spi_driver(adc0832_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc084s021.c:269:module_spi_driver(adc084s021_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc108s102.c:343:module_spi_driver(adc108s102_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc12138.c:547:module_spi_driver(adc12138_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc128s052.c:211:module_spi_driver(adc128_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc161s626.c:276:module_spi_driver(ti_adc_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads7950.c:519:module_spi_driver(ti_ads7950_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads8688.c:481:module_spi_driver(ads8688_driver);
> drivers/iio/adc/ti-tlc4541.c:266:module_spi_driver(tlc4541_driver);
> 
> What's wrong with them?

They are probably not register map compatible with those other drivers. (Or
nobody cared to check if they are register map compatible).

> 
> Is it here code duplication between two vendors?
>