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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 02/10] iio: document bindings for mounting matrices
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    Hi Linus,

    > Am 23.07.2019 um 09:42 schrieb Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>:
    >
    > Hi H. Nikolaus,
    >
    > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 6:03 PM H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com> wrote:
    >
    >> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
    >
    > It is fair for you to change authorship to yourself at this point.
    > Just keeping my Signed-off-by is sufficient.

    Well, I think my contribution is less than yours :)

    >
    >> The mounting matrix for sensors was introduced in
    >> commit dfc57732ad38 ("iio:core: mounting matrix support")
    >>
    >> However the device tree bindings are very terse and since this is
    >> a widely applicable property, we need a proper binding for it
    >> that the other bindings can reference. This will also be useful
    >> for other operating systems and sensor engineering at large.
    >>
    >> I think all 3D sensors should support it, the current situation
    >> is probably that the mounting information is confined in magic
    >> userspace components rather than using the mounting matrix, which
    >> is not good for portability and reuse.
    >>
    >> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
    >> Cc: Gregor Boirie <gregor.boirie@parrot.com>
    >> Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
    >> Cc: Samu Onkalo <samu.onkalo@intel.com>
    >> Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
    >> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
    >> Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com>
    >
    > Did this patch fall off somewhere? I think it's really neat, even in this
    > form it is great help for developers. If you want I can try picking up the
    > comments and resend it.

    Well, I had planned to review it again and promised to send out a new
    version. But as usual this ToDo becomes hidden by always more important
    tasks.

    So I am fine if you can pick comments and resend it. I think there will
    be others who help to make it even better in the future if the mount matrix
    is more widely used.

    BR,
    Nikolaus

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