Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] iio: imu: inv_icm42600: add temperature sensor support

[Lars-Peter Clausen]

On 6/8/20 10:42 PM, Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol wrote:
> +	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_PROCESSED:
> +		ret = iio_device_claim_direct_mode(indio_dev);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +		ret = inv_icm42600_temp_read(st, &temp);
> +		iio_device_release_direct_mode(indio_dev);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +		*val = temp;
> +		return IIO_VAL_INT;
> +	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE:
> +		*val = 483;
> +		*val2 = 91787;
> +		return IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO;
> +	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_OFFSET:
> +		*val = 25000;
> +		return IIO_VAL_INT;

If the data is returned processed there is no need to specify scale and 
offset.

But since the transformation to turn the data into standard units is a 
simple linear transform the preferred way to handle this is to return 
RAW data and specify scale and offset.