Re: [PATCH v7 11/11] iio: adc: hx711: add support for HX710B

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Mon, 11 May 2026 19:19:40 +0530
Piyush Patle <piyushpatle228@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 4:57 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 01:56:55AM +0530, Piyush Patle wrote:  
> > > Add support for the AVIA HX710B ADC, which shares the HX711 GPIO
> > > interface but uses trailing PD_SCK pulses to select the active mode.
> > >
> > > Model the HX710B with variant-specific channel tables and IIO info,
> > > track the active channel across conversions, and use the fixed gain
> > > value when computing scale.
> > >
> > > Also update the adjacent Kconfig text, file header, and module
> > > description so the driver text matches the newly supported variant.  
> >
> > ...
> >  
> > >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> > >  #include <linux/sched.h>  
> >  
> > >  #include <linux/delay.h>
> > > +#include <linux/types.h>  
> >
> > Seems wrong order.
> >
> > And here + blank line to make linux/iio/* to be a separate group.  
> will fix the include ordering and grouping if a v8 is needed.
> 
> >  
> > >  #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
> > >  #include <linux/iio/sysfs.h>
> > >  #include <linux/iio/buffer.h>  
> >
> > ...
> >  
> > >       /*
> > >        * triggered buffer
> > > -      * 2x32-bit channel + 64-bit naturally aligned timestamp
> > > +      * up to 3x32-bit channels + 64-bit naturally aligned timestamp
> > > +      *
> > > +      * aligned_s64 satisfies the 8-byte alignment requirement for the
> > > +      * timestamp. For HX711 (at most 2 active channels), iio_push_to_
> > > +      * buffers_with_timestamp() places the timestamp at offset 8
> > > +      * (scan_bytes=8, already 8-byte aligned), identical to the original
> > > +      * 2-channel layout. The extra channel slot for HX710B does not affect
> > > +      * the HX711 ABI.
> > >        */
> > >       struct {
> > > -             u32 channel[2];
> > > +             u32 channel[3];
> > >               aligned_s64 timestamp;
> > >       } buffer;  
> >
> > Why can't we used a recently introduced macro for this?
> > IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS().  
> Yes, this macro can be used here, I will use the
> IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS() if a v8 is needed.
> Also when should I proceed to make v8? Is it needed?

Yes to being needed.  I replied in parallel thread.

> >
> > --
> > With Best Regards,
> > Andy Shevchenko
> >
> >  
>