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On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:48:46 +0200 Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net> wrote: > IIO_DISTANCE is used for two purposes: for pedometers to record the > distance covered by a walker, and to measure the distance to an object > > IIO_DISTANCE is in meters while IIO_PROXIMITY is a unitless measure > indirectly proportional to distance (higher value relates to a closer > object) > > Signed-off-by: Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net> Hmm. This is clearly an issue for at least one existing driver - in that the lightening sensor uses proximity for distance to lightening. However, this is the most common interpretation now. I would suggest our best way forward is to add a distance channel to the lightening driver, but keep the proximity channel there to avoid breaking userspace. Anyhow, this patch itself is fine. Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing for the autobuilders to completely ignore. > --- > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio > index 7eead5f97e02..3fc79185cc56 100644 > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio > @@ -1242,9 +1242,9 @@ What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_distance_raw > KernelVersion: 4.0 > Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org > Description: > - This attribute is used to read the distance covered by the user > - since the last reboot while activated. Units after application > - of scale are meters. > + This attribute is used to read the measured distance to an object > + or the distance covered by the user since the last reboot while > + activated. Units after application of scale are meters. > > What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/store_eeprom > KernelVersion: 3.4.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio index 7eead5f97e02..3fc79185cc56 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio @@ -1242,9 +1242,9 @@ What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_distance_raw KernelVersion: 4.0 Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org Description: - This attribute is used to read the distance covered by the user - since the last reboot while activated. Units after application - of scale are meters. + This attribute is used to read the measured distance to an object + or the distance covered by the user since the last reboot while + activated. Units after application of scale are meters. What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/store_eeprom KernelVersion: 3.4.0
IIO_DISTANCE is used for two purposes: for pedometers to record the distance covered by a walker, and to measure the distance to an object IIO_DISTANCE is in meters while IIO_PROXIMITY is a unitless measure indirectly proportional to distance (higher value relates to a closer object) Signed-off-by: Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net> --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)