Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/9] iio: Expand IIO event interface for real-world unit handling

[Nuno Sá]

On Sun, 2026-01-18 at 14:33 -0600, David Lechner wrote:
> On 1/18/26 12:18 PM, Marcelo Schmitt wrote:
> > This patch set adjusts and complements the IIO event ABI docs making them
> > coherent with the fact that not all threshold value attributes had a _raw/_input
> > indicator set in their names. In addition that, the latter patches on this
> > series update the IIO event infrastructure to actually enable drivers to provide
> > _input threshold value attributes.
> 

... 

> 
> Just throwing out an idea here without thinking about it too much...
> 
> Instead of adding a new field/parameter for units, could we extend
> enum iio_event_info to add IIO_EV_INFO_VALUE_RAW and IIO_EV_INFO_VALUE_INPUT
> (and same for HYSTERESIS). Really, the units only make sense for these
> two info types anyway.
> 

Makes sense to me.  Or we can just document that the old value is _INPUT? Or just make
it the same value in the enum.

- Nuno Sá