Re: [PATCH] iio: document bindings for mounting matrixes

[Rob Herring <robh-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 12:17:14PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The mounting matrix for sensors was introduced in
> commit dfc57732ad38 ("iio:core: mounting matrix support")
> 
> However the device tree bindings are very terse and since this is
> a widely applicable property, we need a proper binding for it
> that the other bindings can reference. This will also be useful
> for other operating systems and sensor engineering at large.
> 
> I think all 3D sensors should support it, the current situation
> is probably that the mounting information is confined in magic
> userspace components rather than using the mounting matrix, which
> is not good for portability and reuse.
> 
> Cc: Gregor Boirie <gregor.boirie-ITF29qwbsa/QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Samu Onkalo <samu.onkalo-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> Please help out to get this right, I think this could be confusing
> to users unless documented properly. I think the doc has some rough
> edges since I'm not the smartest in physics nor english at all times.
> ---

I can at least say I understand how it's supposed to work better now.

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

On the duplication topic, of course I agree that sysfs docs should refer 
to DT and not vice-versa.

Rob
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