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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] iio: accel: bmc150: Check for a second ACPI device for BOSC0200
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 7:38 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 7:25 PM, Steve Presser <steve@pressers.name> wrote:
>> Andy,
>>
>> Where did the assertion the second device is a magnetometer come from? Just
>> the data sheet?
>
> Yep. See chapter 8.2. Isn't enough proof? Or you believe in two
> accelerometers with off-by-one conflicting address on a cheap laptop
> with left unused two magnetometers on the same time?
>
> And we have a driver for magnetometer separately.
>
> So, it looks like we need to move ACPI ID to a new "kinda I2C mfd" IIO
> driver under drivers/iio/imu/bmc150_i2c.c

Even Kconfig for one of the driver states so.

Looking more to it, I think the patch should be reverted and new
driver is created instead.

I'm on it.

>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 12:05 PM Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Andy Shevchenko
>>> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Jonathan Cameron
>>> > <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com> wrote:
>>> >> On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:07:02 +0200
>>> >> Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>> > But that would take much longer. Feel free to propose it and a
>>> >>> > patch
>>> >>> > removing the ifdef fun if you like!
>>> >
>>> >>> Where can I see the patch?
>>> >
>>> >> Doh. I clearly forgot to push out. Should be able to push to
>>> >> iio.git on kernel.org later.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks, I can see it now.
>>> >
>>> > This patch almost wrong. Not by functionality it brings, but by style.
>>>
>>> Oy vey, the second device is *not* accelerometer, it is a magnetometer
>>> [1].
>>>
>>> [1]: https://www.mouser.com/ds/2/783/BST-BMC150-DS000-04-786477.pdf
>>>
>>> > I'll send soon a series of fixes to the driver (compile tested only)
>>> > to provide my view on the matters.
>>> >
>>> > P.S. In the future (I have some kind of deja vu I have told this
>>> > already to someone), please, Cc one or more of Rafael, Mika and/or me
>>> > for ACPI matters.
>>>
>>> --
>>> With Best Regards,
>>> Andy Shevchenko
>
>
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko



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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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