[PATCH 1/3] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: no temp sensor on R40

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Mon Jan 17 01:00:49 PST 2022


On Fri, 19 Nov 2021, Evgeny Boger wrote:

> R40 SoC has touchscreen controller also serving as general-purpose ADC.
> The hardware is very similar to A31, except that R40 has separate
> calibrated thermal sensor IP (handled by sun8i_thermal).
> 
> Despite the temperature sensor in the RTP is never mentioned in
> the R40 family user manuals, it appears to be working. However,
> it's not very useful as it lacks calibration data and there is another
> fully functioning temperature sensor anyway.
> 
> This patch disables the temperature sensor in RTP/GPADC IP on R40.
> 
> The reason for disabling the temperature sensor is that the IP
> needs to be switched back and forth between RTP and GPADC modes for
> temperature measurements. Not only this introduces delays, but it also
> disturbs external circuitry by injecting current into ADC inputs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Evgeny Boger <boger at wirenboard.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  drivers/mfd/sun4i-gpadc.c         | 17 ++++++++++++++++

Please split these out.

They don't *need* to go in via a single tree.

>  2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

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