[linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sun4i: Add dts file for the pov protab2-ips9 tablet

Priit Laes
2015-09-07T09:14:22Z

On Mon, 2015-09-07 at 10:49 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 07-09-15 09:49, Priit Laes wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-09-07 at 09:05 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 06-09-15 18:30, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 10:21:59AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > > > The Point of View protab2-ips9 is a tablet with a 9" ips
> > > > > 1024x768
> > > > > lcd screen,
> > > > > microsd slot, headphones, mini hdmi, mini usb b and power
> > > > > barrel
> > > > > connectors.
> > > > >
> > > > > It uses a rtl8188cus usb wifi chip and a RDA 5875Y bluetooth
> > > > > chip
> > > > > attached
> > > > > to uart2. It has a bma250 accelerometer attached to i2c1 addr
> > > > > 0x18.
> > > > >
> >
> > [...]
> > > >
> > > > What is connected on i2c1 ? Just the camera sensor? or it has
> > > > some
> > > > other devices there?
> > >
> > > The bma250 accelerometer sits there, and the kernel already has a
> > > driver
> > > for it. That driver needs to have devicetree binding support
> > > added,
> > > and
> > > then we should be able to use the accelerometer.
> >
> > bma250 already has devicetree support. It is used in Gemei G9
> > tablet
> > (sun4i-gemei-g9.dts).
>
> Yes I've seen that, but does it actually work? I've not tried but I
> do not see any compatible string in the actual bma250 code in the
> kernel,
> so I believe that this part of the sun4i-gemei-g9.dts file does not
> work ?

It worked (even without IRQs) when I submitted the patch. Driver itself
is under iio/accel/bma180.c

P?ikest,
Priit