From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@Huawei.com>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com>,
<linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>,
Nitin Joshi1 <njoshi1@lenovo.com>, <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [External] Using IIO to export laptop palm-sensor and lap-mode info to userspace?
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:07:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201123160729.000038dd@Huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aeb7bc51-0b27-198b-d3b5-50b18ad114e7@redhat.com>
On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:16:20 +0100
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 11/20/20 10:59 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:39:07 +0100
> > Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>>> On 2020-10-03 10:02 a.m., Hans de Goede wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Modern laptops can have various sensors which are kinda
> >>>>>>>>> like proximity sensors, but not really (they are more
> >>>>>>>>> specific in which part of the laptop the user is
> >>>>>>>>> proximate to).
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Specifically modern Thinkpad's have 2 readings which we
> >>>>>>>>> want to export to userspace, and I'm wondering if we
> >>>>>>>>> could use the IIO framework for this since these readings
> >>>>>>>>> are in essence sensor readings:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> 1. These laptops have a sensor in the palm-rests to
> >>>>>>>>> check if a user is physically proximate to the device's
> >>>>>>>>> palm-rests. This info will be used by userspace for WWAN
> >>>>>>>>> functionality to control the transmission level safely.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> A patch adding a thinkpad_acpi specific sysfs API for this
> >>>>>>>>> is currently pending:
> >>>>>>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11722127/
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> But I'm wondering if it would not be better to use
> >>>>>>>>> IIO to export this info.
>
> <snip>
>
> >>> On newer ARM we use "label" attribute in DTS:
> >>>
> >>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7180-trogdor.dtsi
> >>>
> >>> ap_sar_sensor: proximity@28 {
> >>> compatible = "semtech,sx9310";
> >>> reg = <0x28>;
> >>> #io-channel-cells = <1>;
> >>> pinctrl-names = "default";
> >>> pinctrl-0 = <&p_sensor_int_l>;
> >>>
> >>> interrupt-parent = <&tlmm>;
> >>> interrupts = <24 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> >>>
> >>> vdd-supply = <&pp3300_a>;
> >>> svdd-supply = <&pp1800_prox>;
> >>>
> >>> status = "disabled";
> >>> label = "proximity-wifi";
> >>> };
> >>
> >> Hmm, interesting. I did not know iio-devices could
> >> have a label sysfs attribute (nor that that could be
> >> set through device-tree). I was thinking about adding
> >> an in_proximity_location sysfs attribute. But using
> >> labels (and standardizing a set of label names) will
> >> work nicely too.
> >
> > It's fairly new. Note we also have per channel labels
> > though they are 'very new'. Might be handy if the sensors
> > appear as a single device despite being spread over the
> > laptop.
>
> Interesting, the thinkpad_acpi stuff currently has 2
> proximity(ish) sensors:
>
> 1. Laptop is close to (on) someones lap
> 2. Someone's arms are resting on or close to the palmrest
>
> Ideally we would indeed register 1 iio-dev with separate
> channels for this, rather then having to register 2
> (and the future maybe even more) iio-devs for this.
>
> Can you give a pointer to docs / examples of using a
> label per channel ?
Docs if done with DT binding are at:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git/commit/?h=testing&id=7f79711533a96b02e1e24e2e36a29b08734e36e2
ABI Docs
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git/commit/?h=testing&id=3079188f821cfbdbb0b12f668335931a87eb14c6
An example using it directly rather than via DT (it's not really
DT related though in some cases the label may come from there)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git/commit/?h=testing&id=1f4877218f7e2c2b914aeb69a8a0f47d59c74717
Those will probably be in Linux-next later this week.
Jonathan
>
> >> Is there a know set of labels which ChromeOS is currently
> >> using? If we are going to use labels for this it would
> >> be good IMHO to define a set of standard labels for
> >> this in say Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-labels.
> >
> > If you do want to do this, please just put it under sysfs-bus-iio
> > doc. I want this to be in the top level doc.
>
> Ok, ack.
>
> Dmitry, can you perhaps dig up a full-list of labels
> which ChromeOS is currently using to identify
> proximity sensors for e.g. SAR related use?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-23 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-03 14:02 Using IIO to export laptop palm-sensor and lap-mode info to userspace? Hans de Goede
2020-10-06 2:04 ` [External] " Mark Pearson
2020-10-07 8:36 ` Jonathan Cameron
2020-10-07 9:51 ` Hans de Goede
2020-10-07 11:35 ` Bastien Nocera
2020-10-07 13:08 ` Hans de Goede
2020-10-07 13:29 ` Bastien Nocera
2020-10-07 13:32 ` Hans de Goede
2020-10-08 0:14 ` Jeff LaBundy
2020-10-08 7:10 ` Hans de Goede
2020-10-09 2:19 ` Jeff LaBundy
2020-10-12 12:13 ` Hans de Goede
2020-10-12 12:36 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2020-10-13 1:12 ` Mark Pearson
2020-10-13 8:38 ` Hans de Goede
2020-11-12 6:23 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2020-11-12 9:50 ` Hans de Goede
2020-11-13 6:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2020-11-19 15:39 ` Hans de Goede
2020-11-19 16:11 ` Bastien Nocera
2020-11-20 9:59 ` Jonathan Cameron
2020-11-23 12:16 ` Hans de Goede
2020-11-23 16:07 ` Jonathan Cameron [this message]
2020-11-19 15:16 ` Bastien Nocera
2020-11-19 15:24 ` Hans de Goede
2020-11-19 15:58 ` Bastien Nocera
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