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This patch introduces IIO_VAL_CHAR type for standard IIO attributes to allow for attributes that needs to be represented by character rather than a number. This is preparatory for introducing a new attribute whose purpose is to describe thermocouple type, that can be i.e. "J", "K", etc.. The char-type value is stored in the first "value" integer that is passed to the .[read/write]_raw() callbacks. Note that in order to make it possible for the IIO core to correctly parse this type (actually, to avoid integer parsing), it became mandatory for any driver that wish to use IIO_VAL_CHAR on a writable attribute to implement .write_raw_get_fmt(). Cc: Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@gmx.de> Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> Cc: Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> Cc: Patrick Havelange <patrick.havelange@essensium.com> Cc: Matt Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com> Cc: Matt Ranostay <matt.ranostay@konsulko.com> Cc: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@gmail.com> Cc: Daniel Gomez <dagmcr@gmail.com> Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
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