[PATCH 3/4] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add max-expected-current property to ina2xx

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Thu Oct 5 15:35:33 PDT 2017


On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 05:15:07PM +0200, Maciej Purski wrote:
> On 10/01/2017 12:31 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:50:14 +0200
> > Maciej Purski <m.purski at samsung.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Add optional max expected current property which allows calibrating
> > > the ina sensor in order to achieve requested precision. Document
> > > the changes in Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx.
> > > 
> > 
> > This is introducing new generic devicetree bindings..
> > I'm not totally sure we want to do this rather than having a
> > manufacturer specific binding...  I don't have a good feeling for
> > how common this will be in other devices.
> > 
> > If it's generic, then this isn't necessarily the place to define it.
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > 
> 
> I agree, this should be manufacturer-specific property. Thanks.
> 
> > > Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski at samsung.com>
> > > ---
> > >   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina2xx.txt | 4 +++-
> > >   Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx                         | 9 +++++----
> > >   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina2xx.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina2xx.txt
> > > index 02af0d9..25ba372 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina2xx.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ina2xx.txt
> > > @@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ Optional properties:
> > >   - shunt-resistor
> > >   	Shunt resistor value in micro-Ohm
> > > -
> > > +- max-expected-current
> > > +	Max expected current value in mA

Also needs a unit suffix as defined in property-units.txt.

> > >   Example:
> > >   ina220 at 44 {
> > >   	compatible = "ti,ina220";
> > >   	reg = <0x44>;
> > >   	shunt-resistor = <1000>;
> > > +	max-expected-current = <3000>;
> > >   };
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx b/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
> > > index cfd31d9..e9ca838 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
> > > +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
> > > @@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ INA230 and INA231 are high or low side current shunt and power monitors
> > >   with an I2C interface. The chips monitor both a shunt voltage drop and
> > >   bus supply voltage.
> > > -The shunt value in micro-ohms can be set via platform data or device tree at
> > > -compile-time or via the shunt_resistor attribute in sysfs at run-time. Please
> > > -refer to the Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ina2xx.txt for bindings
> > > -if the device tree is used.
> > > +The shunt value in micro-ohms and max expected current in mA can be set
> > > +via platform data or device tree at compile-time or via the shunt_resistor
> > > +and max_expected_current attributes in sysfs at run-time. Please refer to the
> > > +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ina2xx.txt for bindings if the
> > > +device tree is used.
> > >   Additionally ina226 supports update_interval attribute as described in
> > >   Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface. Internally the interval is the sum of
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 



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