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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: Add LTC2471/LTC2473 driver
To: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>,
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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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On 06/29/2017 05:30 AM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 06/29/2017 02:13 PM, Mike Looijmans wrote:
>> The LTC2741 and LTC2473 are single voltage monitoring chips. The LTC2473
>> is similar to the LTC2471 but outputs a signed differential value.
>>
>> Datasheet:
>>    http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/datasheet/24713fb.pdf
> 
> This looks more like a general purpose ADC rather than a specialized voltage
> monitoring chip. In my opinion this driver would be better suited for the
> IIO framework. But before you start working on that lets try to hear what
> others think about this.
> 

Agreed (I just replied to that on another thread).

Guenter