Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] iio: adc: ad7949: add vref selection support

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Aug 16 2021 - 04:05:40 EST


On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 12:35 AM Liam Beguin <liambeguin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Liam Beguin <lvb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add support for selecting the voltage reference from the devicetree.
>
> This change is required to get valid readings with all three
> vref hardware configurations supported by the ADC.
>
> For instance if the ADC isn't provided with an external reference,
> the sample request must specify an internal voltage reference to get a
> valid reading.

...

> + /* Setup internal voltage reference */
> + tmp = 4096000;
> + ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "adi,internal-ref-microvolt", &tmp);

> + if (ret < 0 && ret != -EINVAL) {

What does this check (second part) is supposed to mean?
The first part will make it mandatory, is it the goal?

> + dev_err(dev, "invalid value for adi,internal-ref-microvolt\n");
> + return ret;
> + }

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko