Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] iio: (bma400) add driver for the BMA400

[Dan Robertson]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 12:51:35PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> If a function is your preferred route you could also just use it to compute
> the values for the available table at startup?

Yeah that makes sense. I'll add that in the next patchset version.

> > The sampling ratio, frequency, etc code seems to be the most complicated part
> > of the driver. Is it typically recommended to upstream a more minimal driver
> > that might assume the defaults?
> 
> Often people upstream a first version that just uses defaults, then follow
> up (if they care) with later series adding the more fiddly elements.
> 
> Sometimes those more fiddly bits never come as a particular author
> never needed them.  That's absolutely fine.  It's a rare driver
> that supports all the features on a non trivial device!

Makes sense. I'll likely add some extra bits in a follow-up patchset, so I can
learn a bit more.

Cheers,

 - Dan