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From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
To: Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] iio: Add ABI documentation for proximity
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 11:48:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5364C971.7000702@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1399046089-6616-4-git-send-email-pmeerw@pmeerw.net>

On 02/05/14 16:54, Peter Meerwald wrote:
> has been in use for a long time, but never documented
> proximity is unit-less, except otherwise stated, see e.g.
> the as3935 driver where it is meter
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>
Again this is documented in the staging docs.  I'd argue that the _input
form should be used if we are in meters, otherwise if scale free (like it
almost always is) then it should be the _raw form.

Still we can always evolve the docs!

Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git

Thanks,

J
> ---
>   Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 10 ++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> index a9757dc..ed202b3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> @@ -895,6 +895,16 @@ Description:
>   		on-chip EEPROM. After power-up or chip reset the device will
>   		automatically load the saved configuration.
>
> +What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_proximity_raw
> +What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_proximity_input
> +What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_proximityY_raw
> +KernelVersion:	3.4
> +Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
> +Description:
> +		Unit-less proximity measurement indicating that some
> +		object is near the sensor, usually be observing
> +		reflectivity of infrared or ultrasound emitted.
> +
>   What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_illuminanceY_input
>   What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_illuminanceY_raw
>   What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_illuminanceY_mean_raw
>


  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-03 10:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-02 15:54 [PATCH 0/4] iio: missing ABI documentation Peter Meerwald
2014-05-02 15:54 ` [PATCH 1/4] iio: Add intensity including ir and both modifiers to ABI documentation ex-post Peter Meerwald
2014-05-03 10:41   ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-05-02 15:54 ` [PATCH 2/4] iio: Add ABI documentation for illuminance Peter Meerwald
2014-05-03 10:45   ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-05-02 15:54 ` [PATCH 3/4] iio: Add ABI documentation for proximity Peter Meerwald
2014-05-03 10:48   ` Jonathan Cameron [this message]
2014-05-03 10:49     ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-05-02 15:54 ` [PATCH 4/4] iio: Fix spelling of illuminance in gp2ap020a00f driver Peter Meerwald
2014-05-03 10:58   ` Jonathan Cameron

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