Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] dt-bindings: iio: adc: add AD7816/AD7817/AD7818 binding

[David Lechner]

On 5/11/26 11:23 AM, Denny Lin wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 7:51 AM David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Usually, we want to be moving the drivers out of staging when
>> adding the DT bindings so that it all gets reviewed for correctness
>> at the same time.
>>
>> Drivers in staging are usually there because they are doing things
>> that are not actually acceptable for the final stable mainline
>> version of a driver and need more work.
>>
> 
> Thanks for the explanation.
> 
> I took a look at the driver and noticed it still uses the older
> IIO sysfs-based interface rather than the iio_chan_spec + read_raw
> model.
> 
> Would you recommend updating the driver first, or is it okay to
> proceed with the binding separately?
> 
> Thanks,
> Hungyu

ADI's website says that these parts are obsolete, so unless anyone is
actually still using these with a mainline kernel, I would suggest that
we drop the driver rather than spending time fixing it up.

In any case, unless you have the hardware for testing, it would be
best not to make significant changes. There is a non-standard "oti"
attribute that we would need to figure out what to do with. This is
likely why the driver is in staging in the first place.