On 17/11/14 15:25, Peter Meerwald wrote: > >> The device does not estimate distance, it only outputs a single bit which >> indicates proximity. We use 0 to mean that an object is close and 1 otherwise, >> sort of an uncalibrated distance. From what I understand in the ABI >> specification, this is allowed. > > perhaps the input subsystem would be a better fit for this driver/device? > what is it typically used for? > > regards, p. > Hi Peter, Whilst it may be the case that this particular one might have a reasonable home in input, these are often integrated with ambient light sensors and as such we already have a quite a few proximity sensors in IIO... Interestingly there is one obvious proximity sensor in input and that is a dual ambient light/ proximity part though I can't see any way of reading the light side of it. Interesting... Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
