Re: [PATCH v5 02/14] dt-bindings: iio: adc: ad7768-1: add trigger-sources property

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Fri Apr 11 2025 - 12:32:17 EST


On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:56:17PM -0300, Jonathan Santos wrote:
> In addition to GPIO synchronization, The AD7768-1 also supports
> synchronization over SPI, which use is recommended when the GPIO
> cannot provide a pulse synchronous with the base MCLK signal. It
> consists of looping back the SYNC_OUT to the SYNC_IN pin and send
> a command via SPI to trigger the synchronization.
>
> Introduce the 'trigger-sources' property to support SPI-based
> synchronization, along with additional optional entries for the SPI
> offload trigger and the START signal via GPIO3.
>
> While at it, add description to the interrupts property.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Santos <Jonathan.Santos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v5 Changes:
> * Include START pin and DRDY in the trigger-sources description.
> * Fixed "#trigger-source-cells" value and description.
> * sync-in-gpios is represented in the trigger-sources property.
>
> v4 Changes:
> * none
>
> v3 Changes:
> * Fixed dt-bindings errors.
> * Trigger-source is set as an alternative to sync-in-gpios, so we
> don't break the previous ABI.
> * increased maxItems from trigger-sources to 2.
>
> v2 Changes:
> * Patch added as replacement for adi,sync-in-spi patch.
> * addressed the request for a description to interrupts property.
> ---
> .../bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7768-1.yaml | 38 +++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7768-1.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7768-1.yaml
> index 3ce59d4d065f..4c58dbe8f749 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7768-1.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7768-1.yaml
> @@ -26,7 +26,30 @@ properties:
> clock-names:
> const: mclk
>
> + trigger-sources:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> + minItems: 1
> + maxItems: 3
> + description: |
> + A list of phandles referencing trigger source devices or GPIOs.
> + Supports up to three entries, each representing a different type of
> + trigger:
> +
> + - First entry specifies the device responsible for driving the
> + synchronization (SYNC_IN) pin, as an alternative to adi,sync-in-gpios.
> + This can be a `gpio-trigger` or another `ad7768-1` device. If the
> + device's own SYNC_OUT pin is internally connected to its SYNC_IN pin,
> + reference the device itself or omit this property.
> + - Second entry optionally defines a GPIO3 pin used as a START signal trigger.
> + - Third entry specifies a GPIO line to act as a trigger for SPI offload.
> +
> + Use the accompanying trigger source cell to identify the type of each entry.
> +
> interrupts:
> + description:
> + Specifies the interrupt line associated with the ADC. This refers
> + to the DRDY (Data Ready) pin, which signals when conversion results are
> + available.
> maxItems: 1
>
> '#address-cells':
> @@ -57,6 +80,15 @@ properties:
> "#io-channel-cells":
> const: 1
>
> + "#trigger-source-cells":
> + description: |
> + Indicates the trigger source type for each entry:
> + 0 = Synchronization GPIO-based trigger
> + 1 = Synchronization device trigger (e.g., another ad7768-1)
> + 2 = GPIO3 pin acting as START signal
> + 3 = DRDY pin acting as SPI offload trigger

I think the description here makes little sense, when the value is
required to be 1 by the following line. If these are permitted values
for things consuming this adc as a trigger source, you should specify
that IMO.

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