[systemd-devel] accelerometer mount-matrix quirks

[Thomas H.P. Andersen]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 2016-11-22 at 17:23 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > On Tue, 22.11.16 12:13, Bastien Nocera (hadess at hadess.net) wrote:
> >
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I'm adding support for reading the mount-matrix[1] from
> > > accelerometer
> > > devices in iio-sensor-proxy, but we'll need to add a way to
> > > override
> > > the mount-matrix in case the data from the device-tree is
> > > incorrect, or
> > > missing[2].
> > >
> > > I was wondering whether we should ship the hwdb quirks in systemd
> > > or
> > > iio-sensor-proxy.
> > >
> > > Opinions?
> >
> > If it's generic enough then the hwdb is definitely a good place for
> > things like that. If the concept however only has value for
> > iio-sensor-proxy specifically then it should probably live in that
> > package. Of course the lines are blurry there, so compare with the
> > input case: hwdb carries dpi quirk data for all kinds of mice, and if
> > this data is like that, then it fits in.
>
> The quirks apply to the devices, and are in the same format as what's
> offered by the kernel when the firmware provides it, so it's not iio-
> sensor-proxy specific in any way. If we were to replace iio-sensor-
> proxy, we'd still use this metadata.
>
> I'll send a patch in as soon as I've done testing on a machine that
> does need this quirking.
>

Hi Bastien,

I recently opened a PR to iio-sensor-proxy with a quirk for my laptop.
Since this is my main computer testing is easy. Let me know if I can help.
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