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Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: add channel type for frequency
To:     David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@gmx.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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From:   Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
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On 07/01/2018 04:59 AM, David Lechner wrote:
> This adds a new type for frequency to the IIO channel type enumeration.
> 
> Units are in Hz.
> 

Documentation?

We already have the altvoltage channel type with the frequency attribute.
Difficult to say if there are any overlaps without documentation on how this
new attribute is supposed to be used.

> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h  | 1 +
>  tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c   | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> index 19bdf3d2962a..f3c2c9e4b997 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
>  	[IIO_COUNT] = "count",
>  	[IIO_INDEX] = "index",
>  	[IIO_GRAVITY]  = "gravity",
> +	[IIO_FREQUENCY] = "frequency",
>  };
>  
>  static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h
> index 4213cdf88e3c..9fee86e2046f 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum iio_chan_type {
>  	IIO_COUNT,
>  	IIO_INDEX,
>  	IIO_GRAVITY,
> +	IIO_FREQUENCY,
>  };
>  
>  enum iio_modifier {
> diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c b/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
> index b61245e1181d..c3ef20057d52 100644
> --- a/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
> +++ b/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
>  	[IIO_PH] = "ph",
>  	[IIO_UVINDEX] = "uvindex",
>  	[IIO_GRAVITY] = "gravity",
> +	[IIO_FREQUENCY] = "frequency",
>  };
>  
>  static const char * const iio_ev_type_text[] = {
>