@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ struct iio_dev
* @chan: The channel being queried.
* @val: Value read back.
*
- * Note raw reads from iio channels are in adc counts and hence
- * scale will need to be applied if standard units required.
+ * Note, if standard units are required, raw reads from iio channels
+ * need the offset (default 0) and scale (default 1) to be applied
+ * as (raw + offset) * scale.
*/
int iio_read_channel_raw(struct iio_channel *chan,
int *val);
@@ -212,8 +213,9 @@ int iio_read_channel_raw(struct iio_channel *chan,
* @chan: The channel being queried.
* @val: Value read back.
*
- * Note raw reads from iio channels are in adc counts and hence
- * scale will need to be applied if standard units required.
+ * Note, if standard units are required, raw reads from iio channels
+ * need the offset (default 0) and scale (default 1) to be applied
+ * as (raw + offset) * scale.
*
* In opposit to the normal iio_read_channel_raw this function
* returns the average of multiple reads.
@@ -281,8 +283,9 @@ int iio_read_channel_attribute(struct iio_channel *chan, int *val,
* @chan: The channel being queried.
* @val: Value being written.
*
- * Note raw writes to iio channels are in dac counts and hence
- * scale will need to be applied if standard units required.
+ * Note that for raw writes to iio channels, if the value provided is
+ * in standard units, the affect of the scale and offset must be removed
+ * as (value / scale) - offset.
*/
int iio_write_channel_raw(struct iio_channel *chan, int val);
@@ -292,8 +295,9 @@ int iio_write_channel_raw(struct iio_channel *chan, int val);
* @chan: The channel being queried.
* @val: Value read back.
*
- * Note raw reads from iio channels are in adc counts and hence
- * scale will need to be applied if standard units are required.
+ * Note, if standard units are required, raw reads from iio channels
+ * need the offset (default 0) and scale (default 1) to be applied
+ * as (raw + offset) * scale.
*/
int iio_read_max_channel_raw(struct iio_channel *chan, int *val);
@@ -308,8 +312,9 @@ int iio_read_max_channel_raw(struct iio_channel *chan, int *val);
* For ranges, three vals are always returned; min, step and max.
* For lists, all the possible values are enumerated.
*
- * Note raw available values from iio channels are in adc counts and
- * hence scale will need to be applied if standard units are required.
+ * Note, if standard units are required, raw available values from iio
+ * channels need the offset (default 0) and scale (default 1) to be applied
+ * as (raw + offset) * scale.
*/
int iio_read_avail_channel_raw(struct iio_channel *chan,
const int **vals, int *length);
The raw values notes mention 'ADC counts' and are not fully accurate. Reword the notes in order to remove the 'ADC counts' and describe the conversion needed between a raw value and a value in the standard units. Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com> --- include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)