Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] iio: adc: ad4851: add ad485x driver

[David Lechner]

On 12/13/24 10:44 AM, Antoniu Miclaus wrote:
> Add support for the AD485X a fully buffered, 8-channel simultaneous
> sampling, 16/20-bit, 1 MSPS data acquisition system (DAS) with
> differential, wide common-mode range inputs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changes in v8:
>  - fix kernel bot warnings.
>  - drop optional members from chip info struct
>  - drop final line continuation
>  - drop ext_scan_type and num_ext_scan_type duplicate set.
>  - create common function for parsing channels to avoid code duplication.
>  - add comment for fields not set in the parts chip info struct.
>  - add safety margin for pwm duty cycle.
>  - use FIELD_PREP where indicated.
>  - use chip resolution instead of chan->scan_type.realbits where indicated.
>  - move the reset procedure before setting refbuf/refsel registers.
>  - use iio_get_current_scan_type where indicated.
>  - refull and compute scales if osr is changed.
>  - take into account the osr for the sampling frequency.
>  - drop num_channels division by 2 which remained from v6.
>  - drop ad4851_scan_type_16 since it is not used.
>  - change sign based on diff in iio channel definition.
>  - shrink same register writes into a single operation.
I'm a bit confused on what the intention is now. In v7, diff-channels
was added to the DT bindings but in v8 it was removed again.

Did you change your mind internally again? Or is the intention still
to specify single-ended/differential in the devicetree?

It really helps reviewers if you include a cover letter and explain
the reasoning behind big changes like this. Otherwise we are left
guessing.