ID_AD5685,
        ID_AD5686,
 };
-
+#define AD5868_CHANNEL(chan, bits, shift) {                    \
+               .type = IIO_VOLTAGE,                            \
+               .indexed = 1,                                   \
+               .output = 1,                                    \
+               .channel = chan,                                \
+               .info_mask = (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED), \
+               .address = AD5686_ADDR_DAC0,                    \
+               .scan_type = IIO_ST('u', bits, 16, shift)       \
+}
 static const struct ad5686_chip_info ad5686_chip_info_tbl[] = {
        [ID_AD5684] = {
-               .channel[0] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 0, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC0,
-                                   0, IIO_ST('u', 12, 16, 4), 0),
-               .channel[1] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 1, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC1,
-                                   1, IIO_ST('u', 12, 16, 4), 0),
-               .channel[2] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 2, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC2,
-                                   2, IIO_ST('u', 12, 16, 4), 0),
-               .channel[3] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 3, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC3,
-                                   3, IIO_ST('u', 12, 16, 4), 0),
+               .channel[0] = AD5868_CHANNEL(0, 12, 4),
+               .channel[1] = AD5868_CHANNEL(1, 12, 4),
+               .channel[2] = AD5868_CHANNEL(2, 12, 4),
+               .channel[3] = AD5868_CHANNEL(3, 12, 4),
                .int_vref_mv = 2500,
        },
        [ID_AD5685] = {
-               .channel[0] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 0, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC0,
-                                   0, IIO_ST('u', 14, 16, 2), 0),
-               .channel[1] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 1, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC1,
-                                   1, IIO_ST('u', 14, 16, 2), 0),
-               .channel[2] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 2, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC2,
-                                   2, IIO_ST('u', 14, 16, 2), 0),
-               .channel[3] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 3, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC3,
-                                   3, IIO_ST('u', 14, 16, 2), 0),
+               .channel[0] = AD5868_CHANNEL(0, 14, 2),
+               .channel[1] = AD5868_CHANNEL(1, 14, 2),
+               .channel[2] = AD5868_CHANNEL(2, 14, 2),
+               .channel[3] = AD5868_CHANNEL(3, 14, 2),
                .int_vref_mv = 2500,
        },
        [ID_AD5686] = {
-               .channel[0] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 0, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC0,
-                                   0, IIO_ST('u', 16, 16, 0), 0),
-               .channel[1] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 1, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC1,
-                                   1, IIO_ST('u', 16, 16, 0), 0),
-               .channel[2] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 2, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC2,
-                                   2, IIO_ST('u', 16, 16, 0), 0),
-               .channel[3] = IIO_CHAN(IIO_OUT, 0, 1, 0, NULL, 3, 0,
-                                   (1 << IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE_SHARED),
-                                   AD5686_ADDR_DAC3,
-                                   3, IIO_ST('u', 16, 16, 0), 0),
+               .channel[0] = AD5868_CHANNEL(0, 16, 0),
+               .channel[1] = AD5868_CHANNEL(1, 16, 0),
+               .channel[2] = AD5868_CHANNEL(2, 16, 0),
+               .channel[3] = AD5868_CHANNEL(3, 16, 0),
                .int_vref_mv = 2500,
        },
 };
 
        [IIO_PROCESSED] = "input",
 };
 
+static const char * const iio_direction[] = {
+       [0] = "in",
+       [1] = "out",
+};
+
 static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec_shared[] = {
-       [IIO_IN] = "in",
-       [IIO_OUT] = "out",
+       [IIO_VOLTAGE] = "voltage",
        [IIO_CURRENT] = "current",
        [IIO_POWER] = "power",
        [IIO_ACCEL] = "accel",
-       [IIO_IN_DIFF] = "in-in",
+       [IIO_VOLTAGE_DIFF] = "voltage-voltage",
        [IIO_GYRO] = "gyro",
        [IIO_MAGN] = "magn",
        [IIO_LIGHT] = "illuminance",
 };
 
 static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec_complex[] = {
-       [IIO_IN_DIFF] = "in%d-in%d",
+       [IIO_VOLTAGE_DIFF] = "voltage%d-voltage%d",
 };
 
 static const char * const iio_modifier_names_light[] = {
                goto error_ret;
 
        /* Special case for types that uses both channel numbers in naming */
-       if (chan->type == IIO_IN_DIFF && !generic)
+       if (chan->type == IIO_VOLTAGE_DIFF && !generic)
                name_format
-                       = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s_%s",
+                       = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s_%s_%s",
+                                   iio_direction[chan->output],
                                    iio_chan_type_name_spec_complex[chan->type],
                                    full_postfix);
        else if (generic || !chan->indexed)
                name_format
-                       = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s_%s",
+                       = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s_%s_%s",
+                                   iio_direction[chan->output],
                                    iio_chan_type_name_spec_shared[chan->type],
                                    full_postfix);
        else
                name_format
-                       = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%d_%s",
+                       = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s_%s%d_%s",
+                                   iio_direction[chan->output],
                                    iio_chan_type_name_spec_shared[chan->type],
                                    chan->channel,
                                    full_postfix);
        ret = __iio_add_chan_devattr(iio_data_type_name[chan->processed_val],
                                     NULL, chan,
                                     &iio_read_channel_info,
-                                    (chan->type == IIO_OUT ?
+                                    (chan->output ?
                                      &iio_write_channel_info : NULL),
                                     0,
                                     0,
                }
                switch (chan->type) {
                        /* Switch this to a table at some point */
-               case IIO_IN:
+               case IIO_VOLTAGE:
                        mask = IIO_UNMOD_EVENT_CODE(chan->type, chan->channel,
                                                    i/IIO_EV_TYPE_MAX,
                                                    i%IIO_EV_TYPE_MAX);
                                                  i/IIO_EV_TYPE_MAX,
                                                  i%IIO_EV_TYPE_MAX);
                        break;
-               case IIO_IN_DIFF:
+               case IIO_VOLTAGE_DIFF:
                        mask = IIO_MOD_EVENT_CODE(chan->type, chan->channel,
                                                  chan->channel2,
                                                  i/IIO_EV_TYPE_MAX,