From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Kepplinger Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] add support for Freescale's MMA8653FC 10 bit accelerometer Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:28:54 +0100 Message-ID: <5509C3E6.8070000@posteo.de> References: <1426694157-10866-1-git-send-email-martink@posteo.de> <2231139.ojeyer6qnI@ws-stein> <5509AAE5.1000503@posteo.de> <1426697978.6764.8.camel@hadess.net> <5509BDA0.9000806@posteo.de> <1426701934.6764.10.camel@hadess.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1426701934.6764.10.camel-0MeiytkfxGOsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Bastien Nocera Cc: Alexander Stein , robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, pawel.moll-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, ijc+devicetree-KcIKpvwj1kUDXYZnReoRVg@public.gmane.org, galak-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org, dmitry.torokhov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-input-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Martin Kepplinger , Christoph Muellner List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Am 2015-03-18 um 19:05 schrieb Bastien Nocera: > On Wed, 2015-03-18 at 19:02 +0100, Martin Kepplinger wrote: >> Am 2015-03-18 um 17:59 schrieb Bastien Nocera: >>> On Wed, 2015-03-18 at 17:42 +0100, Martin Kepplinger wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> It could have gone to drivers/iio/accel if it would use an iio >>>> interface, which would make more sense, you are right, but I >>>> simply don't have the time to merge it in to iio. >>>> >>>> It doesn't use an input interface either but I don't see a good >>>> place for an accelerometer that uses sysfs only. >>>> >>>> It works well, is a relatively recent chip and a clean dirver. >>>> But this is all I can provide. >>> >>> As a person who works on the user-space interaction of those with >>> desktops [1]: Urgh. >>> >>> I already have 3 (probably 4) types of accelerometers to contend >>> with, I'm not fond of adding yet another type. >>> >>> Is there any way to get this hardware working outside the SoCs >>> it's designed for (say, a device with I2C like a Raspberry Pi), >>> so that a kind soul could handle getting this using the right >>> interfaces? >>> >> >> It works on basically any SoC and is in no way limited in this >> regard. Sure, userspace has to expicitely support it and I hear you. >> Using the iio interface would make more sense. I can only say I'd >> love to have the time to move this driver over. I'm very sorry. > > How can we get the hardware for somebody to use on their own > laptops/embedded boards to implement this driver? > It's connected over I2C. If the included documentation is not clear please tell me what exacly. Thanks!