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author | Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com> | 2009-12-14 21:01:46 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-15 11:53:36 -0500 |
commit | e956e6b77054f91580deb81ba6389cc8c8ce67ef (patch) | |
tree | 943b5e68edb4e505c3957421b48e90aac8057d51 /Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d | |
parent | 32496c76b777752ba84b125bebfb0cc498f5602c (diff) |
lis3: update documentation to match latest changes
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: s/q/g/ (Randy)]
Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com>
Acked-by: Éric Piel <Eric.Piel@tremplin-utc.net>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d | 31 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d b/Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d index 21f09025220..06534f25e64 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d | |||
@@ -20,18 +20,35 @@ sporting the feature officially called "HP Mobile Data Protection System 3D" or | |||
20 | models (full list can be found in drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c) will have their | 20 | models (full list can be found in drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c) will have their |
21 | axis automatically oriented on standard way (eg: you can directly play | 21 | axis automatically oriented on standard way (eg: you can directly play |
22 | neverball). The accelerometer data is readable via | 22 | neverball). The accelerometer data is readable via |
23 | /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d. | 23 | /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d. Reported values are scaled |
24 | to mg values (1/1000th of earth gravity). | ||
24 | 25 | ||
25 | Sysfs attributes under /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/: | 26 | Sysfs attributes under /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/: |
26 | position - 3D position that the accelerometer reports. Format: "(x,y,z)" | 27 | position - 3D position that the accelerometer reports. Format: "(x,y,z)" |
27 | calibrate - read: values (x, y, z) that are used as the base for input | 28 | rate - read reports the sampling rate of the accelerometer device in HZ. |
28 | class device operation. | 29 | write changes sampling rate of the accelerometer device. |
29 | write: forces the base to be recalibrated with the current | 30 | Only values which are supported by HW are accepted. |
30 | position. | 31 | selftest - performs selftest for the chip as specified by chip manufacturer. |
31 | rate - reports the sampling rate of the accelerometer device in HZ | ||
32 | 32 | ||
33 | This driver also provides an absolute input class device, allowing | 33 | This driver also provides an absolute input class device, allowing |
34 | the laptop to act as a pinball machine-esque joystick. | 34 | the laptop to act as a pinball machine-esque joystick. Joystick device can be |
35 | calibrated. Joystick device can be in two different modes. | ||
36 | By default output values are scaled between -32768 .. 32767. In joystick raw | ||
37 | mode, joystick and sysfs position entry have the same scale. There can be | ||
38 | small difference due to input system fuzziness feature. | ||
39 | Events are also available as input event device. | ||
40 | |||
41 | Selftest is meant only for hardware diagnostic purposes. It is not meant to be | ||
42 | used during normal operations. Position data is not corrupted during selftest | ||
43 | but interrupt behaviour is not guaranteed to work reliably. In test mode, the | ||
44 | sensing element is internally moved little bit. Selftest measures difference | ||
45 | between normal mode and test mode. Chip specifications tell the acceptance | ||
46 | limit for each type of the chip. Limits are provided via platform data | ||
47 | to allow adjustment of the limits without a change to the actual driver. | ||
48 | Seltest returns either "OK x y z" or "FAIL x y z" where x, y and z are | ||
49 | measured difference between modes. Axes are not remapped in selftest mode. | ||
50 | Measurement values are provided to help HW diagnostic applications to make | ||
51 | final decision. | ||
35 | 52 | ||
36 | On HP laptops, if the led infrastructure is activated, support for a led | 53 | On HP laptops, if the led infrastructure is activated, support for a led |
37 | indicating disk protection will be provided as /sys/class/leds/hp::hddprotect. | 54 | indicating disk protection will be provided as /sys/class/leds/hp::hddprotect. |