On 29/04/14 18:56, Hartley Sweeten wrote:
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:52 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
On 2014-04-28 19:53, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
-       /* Write the values of ctr1 and ctr2 into counters 1 and 2 */
-       i8254_load(devpriv->pacer_counter_dio + ADC8254, 0, 1,
-                  devpriv->divisor1, 2);
-       i8254_load(devpriv->pacer_counter_dio + ADC8254, 0, 2,
-                  devpriv->divisor2, 2);
+       i8254_load(timer_base, 0,
+                  1, devpriv->divisor1, I8254_MODE2 | I8254_BINARY);
+       i8254_load(timer_base, 0,
+                  2, devpriv->divisor2, I8254_MODE2 | I8254_BINARY);
   }

i8254_load() doesn't take that sort of mode value; it expects a mode
value in the range 0 to 5 and shifts it left by one.  The mode values
you are passing are pre-shifted, so it the 8254 channels will actually
be set to mode 4 with those values.

Hmm.. I don't think I ever noticed that before. Seems kind of odd.

i8254_load()            "mode" is a raw number, I8254_BINARY is enforced
i8254_set_mode()        "mode" is the enum i8254_mode from comedi.h

To me it seems they should both use the enum i8254_mode to provide
clearer documentation since the i8254_load() is basically a i8254_set_mode()
followed by a i8254_write().

Indeed. It's for historical reasons. i8254_load() already existed when I submitted a patch that included i8254_set_mode(), and I wanted to make the mode more generic in case someone really wanted to count in BCD for some bizarre reason! (This predates "staging" by a number of years.)

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