Re: [PATCH v2] iio: adc: ti-ads7950: inconsistency with spi msg

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Fri Jan 25 2019 - 13:38:20 EST


On 1/25/19 10:20 AM, justinpopo6@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Justin Chen <justinpopo6@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> To read a channel we require 3 cycles to send, process, and receive
> the data. The transfer buffer for the third transaction is left blank.
> This leaves it up to the SPI driver to decide what to do.
>
> In one particular case, if the tx buffer is not set the spi driver
> sets it to 0xff. This puts the ADC in a alarm programming state,
> therefore the following read to a channel becomes erroneous.
>
> Instead of leaving us to the mercy of the SPI driver, we send the
> ADC cmd on the third transaction to prevent inconsistent behavior.
>
> Fixes: 902c4b2446d4 ("iio: adc: New driver for TI ADS7950 chips")
> Signed-off-by: Justin Chen <justinpopo6@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
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Florian