On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Drew Fustini <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for following up. > > I've been using the tieqep module to read absolute position count of a > rotary encoder knob. I'm curious what other use cases people have for eQEP? > I'm not sure I would have an out of the ordinary use for eqep personally. > > The reason I ask is I think a new driver needs to be written and it would > be good to know which features of the eQEP peripheral should be implemented. > Why do you think a new driver needs to be written ? > > The existing tieqep driver is out of tree and seems unlikely to be > included in the mainline Linux kernel. We are able to use it on BeagleBone > because Robert includes it as a patch in his kernel builds. > > The IIO subsystem now has infrastructure for encoders. I am thinking that > an IIO driver should be written for eQEP with the goal of being merged into > the mainline kernel. > > Thoughts? > Thoughts . . .So personally, I really do not like anything IIO. I do not like the driver, I do not like the IIO "community support", and I think it's unnecessary for the ADC as it is. However, for simple ADC use cases, it's what we have, so I put up with it. But if you're intent on having something IIO, and new driver . . . the ecap modules probably fits into that category better. The ecap module now, I could find all kinds of "out of the ordinary" uses for. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORrU1FLO820Vs739dUQidOoR7OYqGbkpbSCZXnB_EiR_zw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
