[PATCH] staging: Documentation: dds: replace frequencyY with frequency

From: Abinash Singh

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 13:23:25 EST


From: Abinash Singh <abinashlalotra@xxxxxxxxx>

The documented frequencyY attribute naming is implementation
specific and differs from common IIO sysfs attribute
conventions.

Replace the non-standard frequencyY attribute documentation with
out_altvoltageX_frequency and document tuning word selection
through out_altvoltageX_frequencysymbol

This makes the documented ABI naming consistent with standard
IIO sysfs attribute conventions and clarifies how tuning word
registers are selected and programmed.


Signed-off-by: Abinash Singh <abinashlalotra@xxxxxxxxx>
---

The out_altvoltageX_frequencysymbol and
out_altvoltageX_frequency_scale attributes can be added
through extended channel attributes (.ext_info in channel_spec struct of IIO)

Feedback on this approach would be appreciated, and if
there is some other way in your mind. I would like to
work on that.

I am also interested in working on the sysfs-bus-iio-dds
documentation and the ad9834 driver. I recently bought an
AD9833 IC for experimentation and testing.

Thanks

.../iio/Documentation/sysfs-bus-iio-dds | 31 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-bus-iio-dds b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-bus-iio-dds
index ee8c509c6733..dfc6ae3964d1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-bus-iio-dds
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-bus-iio-dds
@@ -1,33 +1,34 @@

-What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/.../out_altvoltageX_frequencyY
+What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/.../out_altvoltageX_frequency
KernelVersion: 2.6.37
Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Description:
- Stores frequency into tuning word Y.
- There will be more than one out_altvoltageX_frequencyY file,
- which allows for pin controlled FSK Frequency Shift Keying
- (out_altvoltageX_pincontrol_frequency_en is active) or the user
- can control the desired active tuning word by writing Y to the
+ Stores frequency into active tuning word register.
+ To select active tuning word register, the user
+ must write the desired index to the
out_altvoltageX_frequencysymbol file.
+ For pin controlled FSK (Frequency Shift Keying),
+ tuning word registers must be loaded by selecting
+ each via out_altvoltageX_frequencysymbol before enabling
+ out_altvoltageX_pincontrol_frequency_en.

-What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/.../out_altvoltageX_frequencyY_scale
+What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/.../out_altvoltageX_frequency_scale
KernelVersion: 2.6.37
Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Description:
- Scale to be applied to out_altvoltageX_frequencyY in order to
- obtain the desired value in Hz. If shared across all frequency
- registers Y is not present. It is also possible X is not present
+ Scale to be applied to out_altvoltageX_frequency in order to
+ obtain the desired value in Hz. It is also possible X is not present
if shared across all channels.

What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/.../out_altvoltageX_frequencysymbol
KernelVersion: 2.6.37
Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Description:
- Specifies the active output frequency tuning word. The value
- corresponds to the Y in out_altvoltageX_frequencyY.
- To exit this mode the user can write
- out_altvoltageX_pincontrol_frequency_en or
- out_altvoltageX_out_enable file.
+ Specifies the active output frequency tuning word index.
+ Writing an index here selects which tuning word register
+ is written by out_altvoltageX_frequency. To exit this mode
+ the user can write out_altvoltageX_pincontrol_frequency_en
+ or out_altvoltageX_out_enable file.

What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/.../out_altvoltageX_phaseY
KernelVersion: 2.6.37
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