Hi On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 05:31:31PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > Since this is really a proximity switch (it is either on or off) > > rather than measuring a proximity value over a continuous range, it > > doesn't seem like a good fit for the iio subsystem. If the sensor is > > on a phone, then it is likely to detect human presence so the input > > subsystem does seem like the right one for that application. > > > > More at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/iio/intro.html > > > Agreed. This one at least has a working distance of 30mm sensor, so > definitely switch type usecases where input tends to be the right choice. > > If we wanted to use proximity range sensor for this usecase, we'd probably > bridge it to input (maybe in userspace, maybe in kernel) from the > underlying IIO driver. > > Jonathan Thank you so much for the input. It makes sense. Sincerely Sicelo
