i think FS is for fusefs not?

2012/1/20 Eloy Paris <[email protected]>:
> Hello,
>
> I'm adding owfs support for a new device and am a bit confused regarding
> conventions/best practices and what to do in the FS_xxxx() and OW_yyyy()
> functions.
>
> Using ow_1820.c as an example, to read a temperature from a DS18x20
> sensor, we have:
>
> FS_10temp() is the read function used for the "temperature" entry in the
> struct filetype DS18S20[] array.
>
> FS_10temp() in turn calls OW_10temp(),which ends up performing the
> necessary bus transactions or calling other OW_yyyy() functions that
> perform more bus transactions (in the ow_1820.c case, OW_10temp() sends
> the "start conversion" command doing a direct bus transaction, and then
> calls OW_r_scratchpad() to read the scratchpad).
>
> An important thing done in OW_10temp() is that it converts the DS18x20
> representation of a temperature to a float.
>
> One difference that I can see between the FS_xxxx() and the OW_yyyy()
> functions is that the FS_xxxx() functions have the following declaration:
>
> ZERO_OR_ERROR FS_xxxx(struct one_wire_query *owq)
>
> and the OW_yyyy() functions are basically free-form.
>
> I have also noticed that the FS_xxxx() functions do not do bus
> transactions directly. Instead, they seem to call OW_yyyy() functions. I
> have not looked much, though, so I don't know if there are any exceptions.
>
> Now, my device also provides different values that require conversion
> from a device internal representation to a more common representation
> (like a floating point number). Should I be doing these conversions in
> FS_xxxx() or in OW_yyyy() functions? If I follow the "convention" in,
> for example, ow_1820.c, then it would have to be OW_yyyy(), but I wanted
> to confirm.
>
> And more in general, are there any guidelines on the use of FS_xxxx()
> and OW_yyyy() functions, like what should be/should not be done in each
> "class" of function?
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eloy Paris.-
>
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