Re: Potential issue with smb word operations for tmp461 device in tmp401 driver

[Guenter Roeck]

Hi,

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 05:43:54PM +0000, Wilson, David T. (GSFC-5870) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am reporting what I believe is a potential issue in the tmp401 driver for the tmp461 device specifically. I am new to reporting issues, so I apologize in advance if I've provided insufficient information for an issue report.
> 
> The problem I'm encountering is that when I use the tmp401 linux driver to read temperature values from the tmp461, all of the read temperature values end with 996 (e.g. 33996, 38996, etc...).
> 
> Looking further into the tmp401 commit messages, I see that the driver was changed to use smb word operations instead of separate byte operations. Although the other supported devices (i.e. tmp432, etc...) are noted to support 16-bit read operations in their respective datasheets, I see no indications of 16-bit read support in the tmp461 datasheet, which is supported by my inquiry in the TI forums (https://e2e.ti.com/support/sensors-group/sensors/f/sensors-forum/1044935/tmp461-linux-driver-support-and-16-bit-temperature-register-reads).
> 
> Reverting the driver to the commit before the smb word change, I am then able to read temperature values that do not end only with 996. As a result, I believe that the tmp461 support may be partially broken by the switch to smb word operations.
> 

Thanks a lot for the report. Can you send me a register dump for the tmp461 ?

Thanks,
Guenter