Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH] arm: sunxi: input: RFC: Add sysfs voltage for sun4i-lradc driver

From: Priit Laes
Date: Tue Jan 27 2015 - 04:49:59 EST



On Tue, 2015-01-27 at 10:18 +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Priit Laes wrote:
> > ---
>
> Like Hans was pointing out, commit log and signed-off-by please
>
> > .../ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-input-sun4i-lradc | 4 ++
> > drivers/input/keyboard/sun4i-lradc-keys.c | 49
> > +++++++++++++++++-----
> > 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-input-
> > sun4i-lradc
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-input-sun4i-
> > lradc b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-input-sun4i-lradc
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..e4e6448
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-input-sun4i-lradc
> > @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> > +What: /sys/class/input/input(x)/device/voltage
> > +Date: February 2015
> > +Contact: Priit Laes <plaes@xxxxxxxxx>
> > +Description: ADC output voltage in microvolts or 0 if device is
> > not opened.
>
> Why is it returning 0 when "device is not opened" ? What does that
> even mean? You can't read that file without opening it.

It means that something has to open the /dev/input/inputX device which
sets up the ADC before the voltage can be read from the sysfs file.

[...]


>
> As I told you already, if you're going to expose this an ADC in the
> end, the proper solution is to use the IIO framework, not adding a
> custom sysfs file.

My intention was to expose just a simple debug output, so one can
press the buttons and read the voltages for devicetree keymap.

If anyone can suggest a simpler approach than current sysfs based one,
I would do it. But full blown iio driver is currently out of scope.
Also, Carlo's (ccaione) initially submitted (?) driver for lradc
utilized iio subsystem.

PÃikest,
Priit :)
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