acassis commented on issue #17365:
URL: https://github.com/apache/nuttx/issues/17365#issuecomment-3568201556

   > > [@raiden00pl](https://github.com/raiden00pl) 
[@xiaoxiang781216](https://github.com/xiaoxiang781216) 
[@linguini1](https://github.com/linguini1) what is we define the type of sensor 
data to be float when !DEFAULT_SMALL and int when DEFAULT_SMALL (assuming that 
uORB will not be used on DEFAULT_SMALL) ?
   > 
   > I think unfortunately it will require more work than that. There a few 
gotchas:
   > 
   >     1. We immediately lose floating point values, so it's no longer 
possible for, say, an accelerometer to measure in m/s^2 unless you only want 1 
m/s^2 resolution. So, all the fields will have to change from SI units to maybe 
something like 0.001 of an SI unit? And we'll need a large enough field, like 
an i32, to represent enough values.
   > 
   >     2. Application level code must now handle two cases: when uORB uses 
floating point and when uORB uses integers.
   > 
   > 
   > You could maybe duplicate structure definitions for the uORB types and 
have one with float and one with int, but the user still needs to handle two 
distinct cases.
   
   1. True, it is an issue to be fixed.
   2. No, the idea is not to use it with uORB when CONFIG_DEFAULT_SMALL is 
selected, so the driver will be used as a char device sensor


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