From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754128Ab2IBOvD (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:51:03 -0400 Received: from mail.active-venture.com ([67.228.131.205]:64479 "EHLO mail.active-venture.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753832Ab2IBOvB (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:51:01 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 108.223.40.66 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 07:51:01 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: Lars-Peter Clausen Cc: Vivien Didelot , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, Jean Delvare , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] hwmon: add Maxim MAX197 support Message-ID: <20120902145101.GA8306@roeck-us.net> References: <1346377377-24717-1-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> <20120831160439.GA5756@roeck-us.net> <5041D5DF.7060402@metafoo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5041D5DF.7060402@metafoo.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 11:31:11AM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > On 08/31/2012 06:04 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 09:42:57PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote: > >> The MAX197 is an A/D converter, made by Maxim. This driver currently > >> supports the MAX197, and MAX199. They are both 8-Channel, Multi-Range, > >> 5V, 12-Bit DAS with 8+4 Bus Interface and Fault Protection. > >> > >> The available ranges for the MAX197 are {0,-5V} to 5V, and {0,-10V} to > >> 10V, while they are {0,-2V} to 2V, and {0,-4V} to 4V on the MAX199. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot > > > > Applied to -next. > > > > Hm, now it's probably to late, but for this kind of general purpose ADC the IIO > framework is in my opinion the better place to add support for it. > Possibly. If someone writes an iio driver for it, and everyone agrees, we can drop it from hwmon at that time. Guenter