Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add sample averaging properties for ADM1275

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 01/03/2022 11:39, Potin Lai wrote:
> Add documentation of new properties for sample averaging in PMON_CONFIG
> register.
> 
> New properties:
> - adi,volt-curr-sample-average
> - adi,power-sample-average
> - adi,power-sample-average-enable
> 
> Signed-off-by: Potin Lai <potin.lai@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../bindings/hwmon/adi,adm1275.yaml           | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adi,adm1275.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adi,adm1275.yaml
> index 223393d7cafd..1b612dc06992 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adi,adm1275.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adi,adm1275.yaml
> @@ -37,6 +37,47 @@ properties:
>      description:
>        Shunt resistor value in micro-Ohm.
>  
> +  adi,volt-curr-sample-average:
> +    description: |
> +      Number of samples to be used to report voltage and current values.
> +      If the configured value is not a power of 2, sample averaging number
> +      will be configured with smaller and closest power of 2.
> +
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +    enum: [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128]
> +    default: 1
> +
> +  adi,power-sample-average:
> +    description: |
> +      Number of samples to be used to report power values.
> +      If the configured value is not a power of 2, sample averaging number
> +      will be configured with smaller and closest power of 2.
> +
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +    enum: [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128]
> +    default: 1
> +
> +  adi,power-sample-average-enable:
> +    description: Enable sample averaging for power reading.
> +    type: boolean

Why do you need this property? Voltage/current sampling is enabled in
your driver with presence of adi,volt-curr-sample-average. Why power
sampling is different?


Best regards,
Krzysztof