Add comments to clarify some of the calculations made, specially when
reading or writing values.

Signed-off-by: Hernán Gonzalez <her...@vanguardiasur.com.ar>
---
 drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
index 05506bf9..ef0ebb5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ static int ad7746_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
                        goto out;
                }
 
+               /* 2^16 in micro */
                val = (val2 * 1024) / 15625;
 
                switch (chan->type) {
@@ -554,6 +555,13 @@ static int ad7746_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto out;
 
+               /*
+                * Either for Capacitance, Voltage or Temperature,
+                * the 0x000000 code represents negative full scale,
+                * the 0x800000 code represents zero scale, and
+                * the 0xFFFFFF code represents positive full scale.
+                */
+
                *val = (be32_to_cpu(chip->data.d32) & 0xFFFFFF) - 0x800000;
 
                switch (chan->type) {
@@ -565,7 +573,13 @@ static int ad7746_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
                        *val = (*val * 125) / 256;
                        break;
                case IIO_VOLTAGE:
-                       if (chan->channel == 1) /* supply_raw*/
+
+                       /*
+                        * The voltage from the VDD pin is internally
+                        * attenuated by 6.
+                        */
+
+                       if (chan->channel == 1) /* supply_raw */
                                *val = *val * 6;
                        break;
                default:
@@ -606,6 +620,13 @@ static int ad7746_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
                ret = IIO_VAL_INT;
                break;
        case IIO_CHAN_INFO_OFFSET:
+
+               /*
+                * CAPDAC Scale = 21pF_typ / 127
+                * CIN Scale = 8.192pF / 2^24
+                * Offset Scale = CAPDAC Scale / CIN Scale = 338646
+                */
+
                *val = AD7746_CAPDAC_DACP(chip->capdac[chan->channel]
                                          [chan->differential]) * 338646;
 
@@ -614,13 +635,13 @@ static int ad7746_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
        case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE:
                switch (chan->type) {
                case IIO_CAPACITANCE:
-                       /* 8.192pf / 2^24 */
+                       /* CIN Scale: 8.192pf / 2^24 */
                        *val =  0;
                        *val2 = 488;
                        ret = IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_NANO;
                        break;
                case IIO_VOLTAGE:
-                       /* 1170mV / 2^23 */
+                       /* VIN Scale: 1170mV / 2^23 */
                        *val = 1170;
                        *val2 = 23;
                        ret = IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL_LOG2;
@@ -674,7 +695,8 @@ static struct ad7746_platform_data *ad7746_parse_dt(struct 
device *dev)
        unsigned int tmp;
        int ret;
 
-       /* The default excitation outputs are not inverted, it should be stated
+       /*
+        * The default excitation outputs are not inverted, it should be stated
         * in the dt if needed.
         */
 
@@ -685,7 +707,7 @@ static struct ad7746_platform_data *ad7746_parse_dt(struct 
device *dev)
        ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "adi,exclvl", &tmp);
        if (ret || tmp > 3) {
                dev_warn(dev, "Wrong exclvl value, using default\n");
-               pdata->exclvl = 3; /* default value */
+               pdata->exclvl = 3;
        } else {
                pdata->exclvl = tmp;
        }
-- 
2.7.4

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