Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: pressure: Support Honeywell mpr sensors

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Apr 07 2023 - 02:45:52 EST


On 06/04/2023 22:15, Andreas Klinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> thanks to Krzysztof, Lars-Peter and Jonathan for the review and suggestions. I
> have one thing to clarify. See below.
>
> Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am Sa, 01. Apr 16:27:
>> On Sat, 1 Apr 2023 11:42:15 +0200
>> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/04/2023 11:09, Andreas Klinger wrote:
> [...]
>>>> + honeywell,pmin:
>>>> + description:
>>>> + Minimum pressure value the sensor can measure in pascal.
>>>
>>> Use standard unit suffix:
>>> https://github.com/devicetree-org/dt-schema/blob/main/dtschema/schemas/property-units.yaml
>>>
>>>> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>>>> +
>>>> + honeywell,pmax:
>>>> + description:
>>>> + Maximum pressure value the sensor can measure in pascal.
>>>> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>>>
>>> Same.
>>>
>>> Why these values are suitable for DT? Does it depend on type of sensor
>>> (thus it is implied from compatible) or on system setup?
>>
>> I think we'll end up with a lot of compatibles, but that's still better
>> than free form description. May still need these as well though given
>> the datasheet helpfully adds a foot note.
>>
>> 1. Custom pressure ranges are available.
>>
>> Might not be worth including all the details though but unhelpfully the
>> bits we care about are after details like is the gel food grade or the port long.
>> Definitely can ignore the encoding of i2c address / spi in the last few bits but
>> may need the transfer function.
>>
>>
>> mpr-0025GA-A maybe as a form?
>
> Just to clarify: There are 32 different pressure ranges and 3 transfer functions
> which means we'll end up with 96 compatibles and 96 I2C ids.

You anyway need compatibles per devices, don't you?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1-rc1/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-bindings.rst#L42

I already commented on this.

>
> Would it be an option to have only one dt compatible and to add the pressure
> range as dt property?
> e. g.: honeywell,range = "0025PA";

Did you just decided to ignore my comment?

>
> But because of "Custom pressure ranges" we still need the DT properties. In this
> case there's another "mpr-custom" compatible, right?

Please go to my email and respond to comments.

Best regards,
Krzysztof