Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] staging: iio: ad9832: convert to iio channels and ext_info attrs
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Dec 30 2025 - 17:56:28 EST
On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM Tomas Borquez <tomasborquez13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Convert ad9832 from sysfs attributes to standard channel interface
> using a single IIO_ALTCURRENT channel with ext_info attributes, as this
> device is a current source DAC with one output.
...
> -static int ad9832_write_frequency(struct ad9832_state *st,
> - unsigned int addr, unsigned long fout)
> +static ssize_t ad9832_write_frequency(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> + uintptr_t private,
Torvalds said that uintptr_t shouldn't be used in the Linux kernel,
the unsigned long suffice and enough. Why do we need it here?
> +static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(out_altcurrent0_frequency_symbol, 0644,
> + ad9832_show, ad9832_store, AD9832_FREQ_SYM);
> +static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(out_altcurrent0_phase_symbol, 0644,
> + ad9832_show, ad9832_store, AD9832_PHASE_SYM);
> +static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(out_altcurrent0_enable, 0644,
> + ad9832_show, ad9832_store, AD9832_OUTPUT_EN);
Why not IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_RW()?
...
> + &iio_dev_attr_out_altcurrent0_frequency_symbol.dev_attr.attr,
> + &iio_dev_attr_out_altcurrent0_phase_symbol.dev_attr.attr,
> + &iio_dev_attr_out_altcurrent0_enable.dev_attr.attr,
> + &iio_dev_attr_out_altcurrent0_pincontrol_en.dev_attr.attr,
> NULL,
At some point we may also drop the comma in the terminator entry.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko