Re: IIO Device Driver for Maxim DS3502 potentiometer

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 10:35:54AM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:11:28 +0530
> jagath jogj <jagathjog1996@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a Maxim DS3502 potentiometer breakout and I have written an IIO
> > driver for learning purposes and tested with Raspberry pi and wanted
> > to send patches of the driver for the IIO sub-system.
> > 
> > Can I send the patches for DS3502 POT for review?
> > 
> > The setup used to write driver
> > Raspberry pi 3b
> > DS3502 breakout board
> > Raspberry pi latest kernel branch - https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux

> Welcome to IIO.
> 
> Absolutely on sending the patches for review.
> You'll need to rebase them on latest mainline from kernel.org
> (pick a tagged version which would currently be 5.17-rc1_
> 
> and then follow the documentation for how to submit a patch in
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html
> 
> Feel free to ask if you have any questions about the process.
> 
> Looking forwards to seeing your code.

Agree with Jonathan.

One remark though, can you double check that drivers/iio/potentiometer
doesn't have any similar driver that can be expanded (usually it can be
done by analyzing a register file of the devices, like register offsets
and their meanings or bit fields)?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko