From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: iio: Document intensity scale as poorly defined
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 14:41:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231207134200.329174-1-marex@denx.de> (raw)
Add comment about intensity scale being poorly defined and
having no proper units.
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
---
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 0d3ec5fc45f2f..94b8d8461b7c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -618,7 +618,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.35
Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Description:
If a discrete set of scale values is available, they
- are listed in this attribute.
+ are listed in this attribute. Unlike illumination,
+ multiplying intensity by intensity_scale does not
+ yield value with any standardized unit.
What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_voltageY_hardwaregain
What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_intensity_hardwaregain
--
2.42.0
next reply other threads:[~2023-12-07 13:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-07 13:41 Marek Vasut [this message]
2023-12-10 11:58 ` [PATCH] doc: iio: Document intensity scale as poorly defined Jonathan Cameron
2023-12-10 15:29 ` Marek Vasut
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