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From: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>,
	Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>,
	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	Mark Pearson <mpearson@lenovo.com>,
	Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] iio: documentation: Document proximity sensor label use
Date: Sun,  7 Feb 2021 13:37:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210207123720.8357-1-hdegoede@redhat.com> (raw)

Add an entry to Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio for
the new device and channel label sysfs-attribute support.

And document the standardized labels which may be used with proximity
sensors to hint userspace about the intended use of the sensor.

Using labels to differentiate between the multiple proximity sensors
which a modern laptop/tablet may have was discussed in this thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/9f9b0ff6-3bf1-63c4-eb36-901cecd7c4d9@redhat.com/

As mentioned the "proximity-wifi*" labels are already being used in
this manner on some chromebooks, see e.g.:
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7180-trogdor.dtsi
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7180-trogdor-lte-sku.dtsi

And the "proximity-palmrest" and "proximity-lap" labels are intended
to be used with the lap and palmrest sensors found in recent Lenovo
ThinkPad models.

Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Pearson <mpearson@lenovo.com>
Cc: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 35289d47d6cb..f2f090f8bd2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -33,6 +33,47 @@ Description:
 		Description of the physical chip / device for device X.
 		Typically a part number.
 
+What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/label
+What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_*_label
+What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_*_label
+KernelVersion:	5.8
+Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		Optional symbolic label for a device or a channel.
+		This is useful for userspace to be able to better identify an
+		individual device or channel.
+
+		The contents of the label are free-form, but there are some
+		standardized uses:
+
+		For proximity sensors which give the proximity (of a person) to
+		a certain wlan or wwan antenna the following standardized labels
+		are used:
+
+		* "proximity-wifi"
+		* "proximity-lte"
+		* "proximity-wifi-lte"
+		* "proximity-wifi-left"
+		* "proximity-wifi-right"
+
+		These are used to indicate to userspace that these proximity
+		sensors may be used to tune transmit power to ensure that
+		Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) limits are honored.
+		The "-left" and "-right" labels are for devices with multiple
+		antennas.
+
+		In some laptops/tablets the standardized proximity sensor labels
+		instead	indicate proximity to a specific part of the device:
+
+		* "proximity-palmrest" indicates proximity to the keyboard's palmrest
+		* "proximity-palmrest-left" indicates proximity to the left part of the palmrest
+		* "proximity-palmrest-right" indicates proximity to the right part of the palmrest
+		* "proximity-lap" indicates the device is being used on someone's lap
+
+		Note "proximity-lap" is special in that its value may be
+		calculated by firmware from other sensor readings, rather then
+		being a raw sensor reading.
+
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/current_timestamp_clock
 KernelVersion:	4.5
 Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
-- 
2.30.0


             reply	other threads:[~2021-02-07 12:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-07 12:37 Hans de Goede [this message]
2021-02-07 12:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] iio: documentation: Document accelerometer label use Hans de Goede
2021-02-08 13:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] iio: documentation: Document proximity sensor " Bastien Nocera
2021-02-08 13:50   ` Hans de Goede
2021-02-08 14:16     ` Bastien Nocera
2021-02-08 14:17       ` Hans de Goede
2021-02-12 18:46 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-12 18:58   ` Hans de Goede
2021-02-15 12:39     ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-15 12:55       ` Hans de Goede
2021-02-15 14:12         ` Jonathan Cameron

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