Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] iio: add support for multiple scan types

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Thu, 30 May 2024 10:14:07 -0500
David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Up to now, the IIO subsystem has only supported a single scan type per
> channel. This scan type determines the binary format of the data in the
> buffer when doing buffered reads.
> 
> For simple devices, there is only one scan type and all is well. But
> for more complex devices, there may be multiple scan types. For example,
> ADCs with a resolution boost feature that adds more bits to the raw
> sample data. Traditionally, for slow devices, we've just always used the
> highest resolution mode, but for high performance ADCs, this may not be
> always practical. Manipulating data after every read can hurt performance
> and in the case of hardware buffers, it may not be possible to change the
> format of the data in the buffer at all. There are also ADCs where
> enabling the higher resolution can only be done if oversampling is also
> enabled which may not be desireable.
> 
> To allow for more flexibility, we would like to add support for multiple
> scan types per channel.
> 
> To avoid having to touch every driver, we implemented this in a way that
> preserves the existing scan_type field. See the "iio: add support for
> multiple scan types per channel" the details. The first couple of patches
> are just preparation for this.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/CAMknhBHOXaff__QyU-wFSNNENvs23vDX5n_ddH-Dw3s6-sQ9sg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Nice series. Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as
testing for 0-day to poke at it.

Obviously this v3 hasn't been on list that long, but there is still time
as I doubt I'll push out a non rebasing tree for a week or so.
This week is looking too busy!

Thanks,

Jonathan