Re: [PATCH] Changes in w1_therm.c and adding w1_therm.h

[Evgeniy Polyakov]

Hi

14.04.2020, 20:03, "Akira Shimahara" <akira215corp@xxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Akira SHIMAHARA <akira215corp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Patch for enhacement of w1_therm module. Added features :
> Â- Bulk read : send one command for all the slaves
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂon the bus to trigger temperature conversion
> Â- Optimized conversion time regarding to device resolution
> Â- Dedicated sysfs entry for powering read,
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂresolution set/get, eeprom save/restore
> Â- Alarms settings and reading
> Â- Code optimization to mitigate bus traffic
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ(devices information are stored to avoid
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂinterrogating each device every-time)
>
> Following sysfs entry are added :
> Â- temperature (RO) : return the temperature in 1/1000Â
> Â- ext_power (RO) : return the power status of the device
> Â- resolution (RW) : get or set the device resolution (supported devices)
> Â- eeprom (WO) :trigger a save or restore to/from device EEPROM
> Â- alarms (RW) : read or write TH and TL in the device RAM
> Â- therm_bulk_read (RW) : Attribute at master level to trigger
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂbulk read and to survey the progress of devices conversions
> Â- w1_slave has been kept for compatibility
>
> Main motivation was to improve temperature reading speed, which depend
> on resolution settings of devices. The module store the powwer status and
> the resolution of each device so that during reading operation, no
> transaction is required on the bus, which improve speed.
> The harware status is checked as soon as a new device is detected,
> when a user change occured, or when the corresponding sys file is
> accessed by user.
>
> The bulk read allow to trigger convserion of all devices on the bus at
> the same time. It will apply a strong pull up on the line if at least
> one device required it. The duration of the pull up is the max time
> required by a device on the line.
>
> Please let me know any feedback you have on this patch.
>
> Thanks ahead,
>
> Signed-off-by: Akira Shimahara <akira215corp@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me, thank you!
These are really good changes.

Greg, please pull it into your tree, thank you.

Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@xxxxxxxxxxx>