[PATCH 4.1 059/267] iio: ABI: Clarify proximity output value

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4.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxxxx>

commit bdc10d57f236b534fb675a4bbefd10017aeb2b26 upstream.

Current description for proximity measurement is ambiguous. While
the first part says that proximity is measured by observing
reflectivity, the second part incorrectly infers that reported values
should behave like a distance.

This is because of AS3935 lightning sensor which uses the proximity
API, while not being a true proximity sensor.

Note this is marked for stable as it accompanies a fix in ABI usage
to the sx9500 driver which would otherwise appear to be correct.

Fixes:  614e8842ddf ("iio: ABI: add clarification for proximity")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -1165,10 +1165,8 @@ Description:
 		object is near the sensor, usually be observing
 		reflectivity of infrared or ultrasound emitted.
 		Often these sensors are unit less and as such conversion
-		to SI units is not possible.  Where it is, the units should
-		be meters.  If such a conversion is not possible, the reported
-		values should behave in the same way as a distance, i.e. lower
-		values indicate something is closer to the sensor.
+		to SI units is not possible. Higher proximity measurements
+		indicate closer objects, and vice versa.
 
 What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_illuminance_input
 What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_illuminance_raw


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