From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rob Herring Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: document bindings for mounting matrixes Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:07:58 -0500 Message-ID: <20160726190758.GA31499@rob-hp-laptop> References: <1469355434-17043-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij@linaro.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1469355434-17043-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Linus Walleij Cc: Jonathan Cameron , linux-iio-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Gregor Boirie , Sebastian Reichel , Samu Onkalo , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.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 > Cc: Sebastian Reichel > Cc: Samu Onkalo > Cc: devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij > --- > 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 On the duplication topic, of course I agree that sysfs docs should refer to DT and not vice-versa. Rob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html