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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/12] iio: adc: ad9467: convert to backend framework
From:   Nuno =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E1?= <noname.nuno@gmail.com>
To:     David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>, nuno.sa@analog.com
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Date:   Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:17:25 +0100
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On Thu, 2023-11-30 at 17:30 -0600, David Lechner wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 4:17=E2=80=AFAM Nuno Sa via B4 Relay
> <devnull+nuno.sa.analog.com@kernel.org> wrote:
> >=20
> > From: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@analog.com>
> >=20
> > Convert the driver to use the new IIO backend framework. The device
> > functionality is expected to be the same (meaning no added or removed
> > features).
>=20
> Missing a devicetree bindings patch before this one?
>=20
> >=20
> > Also note this patch effectively breaks ABI and that's needed so we can
> > properly support this device and add needed features making use of the
> > new IIO framework.
>=20
> Can you be more specific about what is actually breaking?

Device name for example changed. And it might be some other subtle breakage=
 but that
was kind of agreed that would an ADI problem. I'm also fairly confident no =
one is
actually using the upstream version of the driver because it lacks some dev=
ices and
important features (like interface tuning).

- Nuno S=C3=A1