Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] add support for Microchip PAC194X Power Monitor

[David Lechner]

On 5/15/26 4:29 AM, marius.cristea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Marius Cristea <marius.cristea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Add support for Microchip PAC194X and PAC195X series of Power Monitor
> with Accumulator chip family. This driver covers the following part
> numbers:
>  - PAC1941, PAC1941-2, PAC1942, PAC1942-2, PAC1943, PAC1944
>  - PAC1951, PAC1951-2, PAC1952, PAC1952-2, PAC1953, PAC1954
> 
> The PAC194X family supports 9V Full-Scale Range and the PAC195X supports
> 32V Full-Scale Range.
> 
> There are two versions of the PAC194X/5X: the PAC194X-1/5X-1 devices are
> for high-side current sensing and the PAC194X/5X-2 devices are for low-side
> current sensing or floating VBUS applications. The PAC194X/5X-1 is named
> shortly PAC194X/5X.
> 
I assume we already had the hwmon vs. iio conversation? I would expect
something in the cover letter justifying why this should be an iio device
rather than hwmon since it looks like it was designed for monitoring
e.g. CPU voltage.