Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] iio: ad74413r: allow setting sink current for digital input

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sun Mar 12 2023 - 11:48:31 EST


On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 10:42:59 +0100
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Depending on the actual hardware wired up to a digital input channel,
> it may be necessary to configure the ad74413r to sink a small
> current. For example, in the case of a simple mechanical switch, the
> charge on the external 68 nF capacitor (cf. the data sheet's Figure
> 34) will keep the channel as reading high even after the switch is
> turned off again.
>
> Add a DT binding and driver support for setting the desired sink current.
>
> I have chosen the term "drive strength" because it matches existing
> practice, even if this is only a sink. E.g. there's
>
> * @PIN_CONFIG_DRIVE_STRENGTH_UA: the pin will sink or source at most the current
> * passed as argument. The argument is in uA.
>
> and indeed it would be trivial to hook up that
> PIN_CONFIG_DRIVE_STRENGTH_UA in ad74413r_gpio_set_comp_config().
>
> However, unlike the debounce time, there does not appear to be any way
> to actually tweak the drive strength from userspace, nor do I know if
> that would actually be a good idea. For our application(s), the
> current sink needed is a property of the attached hardware, and thus
> can and should be defined in DT.
>
> v2:
> - remove redundant type info in binding per Rob's bot
> - use min() instead of if() in ad74413r_set_comp_drive_strength() per Jonathan
>
> Rasmus Villemoes (2):
> dt-bindings: iio: ad74413r: allow setting sink current for digital
> input
> iio: ad74413r: wire up support for drive-strength-microamp property
>
> .../bindings/iio/addac/adi,ad74413r.yaml | 9 ++++++++
> drivers/iio/addac/ad74413r.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
>
Series applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing
for 0-day to take a first look at it.

Thanks,

Jonathan