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

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 8:25 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

Yep, though in this case we have, it seems, a counterpart (i2c
variant) in drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc081c.c

>> 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).

I would believe in the latter than former.

>> Is it here code duplication between two vendors?

...and instead of doing such mix I would really rather have a separate
glue driver to the same code.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko