From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Azael Avalos <coproscefalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
Jonathan Cameron <jic23-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
Matthew Garrett
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"platform-driver-x86-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<platform-driver-x86-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
"linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] toshiba_acpi: Add accelerometer input polled device
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:08:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140910160858.GB16596@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGdLNWEgJmNQ_F7kozn4tGCq_AseuE95xHKoxTWgtNqdBwSm5A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 09:28:44AM -0600, Azael Avalos wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> 2014-09-09 21:35 GMT-06:00 Darren Hart <dvhart-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>:
> >
> > I immediately went to a tablet with a marble maze game and it didn't seem too
> > crazy, but I don't suppose that is what people are actually doing with it...
> >
> > What are people actually doing with this thing Azael?
>
> Gaming mostly (supertuxkart anyone?), but some others (including myself)
> want to use it as a movement detection (one exists for the IBM/Lenovo
> Thinkpads).
>
> Digging into platform drivers, I've found that the hdaps and also the lis3lv02d
> drivers report the axes via polldev, and since I don't want to break userspace,
> I'm left with two choices:
>
> 1 - Keep sysfs entry and adapt it to properly report direction, and no
> polled device.
>
> 2 - Keep sysfs entry and adapt it to properly report direction, and also
> a polled device.
>
> Let me know your decision so I can send an updated patch.
3 - use the correct api and change it to iio so that all userspace tools
can correctly interact with it, instead of dealing with a
driver-specific sysfs file.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-10 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-05 17:14 [PATCH 0/5] toshiba_acpi: Various changes plus fixes Azael Avalos
2014-09-05 17:14 ` [PATCH 1/5] toshiba_acpi: Additional hotkey scancodes Azael Avalos
2014-09-09 0:12 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-05 17:14 ` [PATCH 2/5] toshiba_acpi: Fix illumination not available on certain models Azael Avalos
2014-09-06 2:35 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-06 4:49 ` Azael Avalos
2014-09-09 0:09 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-05 17:14 ` [PATCH 3/5] toshiba_acpi: Add accelerometer input polled device Azael Avalos
2014-09-06 2:42 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-06 5:04 ` Azael Avalos
[not found] ` <CAGdLNWGhdQU3Fpud9Zgvx3AQ5Lb=WdEkJb_wWTb1hJoHxXPXpQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-09 0:04 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-09 1:35 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-09-10 3:35 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-10 15:28 ` Azael Avalos
[not found] ` <CAGdLNWEgJmNQ_F7kozn4tGCq_AseuE95xHKoxTWgtNqdBwSm5A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-10 16:08 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2014-09-17 16:36 ` Jonathan Cameron
2014-09-17 18:38 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-05 17:14 ` [PATCH 4/5] toshiba_acpi: Support new keyboard backlight type Azael Avalos
2014-09-10 4:11 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-10 16:52 ` Azael Avalos
2014-09-10 18:34 ` Darren Hart
2014-09-05 17:14 ` [PATCH 5/5] toshiba_acpi: Change touchpad store to check for invalid values Azael Avalos
2014-09-10 4:17 ` Darren Hart
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