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Add short documentation for two ALS / proximity chip drivers. Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Kernel driver apds990x
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Supported chips:
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Avago APDS990X
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Data sheet:
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Not freely available
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Author:
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Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com>
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Description
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APDS990x is a combined ambient light and proximity sensor. ALS and proximity
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functionality are highly connected. ALS measurement path must be running
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while the proximity functionality is enabled.
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ALS produces raw measurement values for two channels: Clear channel
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(infrared + visible light) and IR only. However, threshold comparisons happen
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using clear channel only. Lux value and the threshold level on the HW
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might vary quite much depending the spectrum of the light source.
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Driver makes necessary conversions to both directions so that user handles
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only lux values. Lux value is calculated using information from the both
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channels. HW threshold level is calculated from the given lux value to match
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with current type of the lightning. Sometimes inaccuracy of the estimations
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lead to false interrupt, but that doesn't harm.
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ALS contains 4 different gain steps. Driver automatically
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selects suitable gain step. After each measurement, reliability of the results
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is estimated and new measurement is trigged if necessary.
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Platform data can provide tuned values to the conversion formulas if
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values are known. Otherwise plain sensor default values are used.
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Proximity side is little bit simpler. There is no need for complex conversions.
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It produces directly usable values.
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Driver controls chip operational state using pm_runtime framework.
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Voltage regulators are controlled based on chip operational state.
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SYSFS
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chip_id
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RO - shows detected chip type and version
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power_state
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RW - enable / disable chip. Uses counting logic
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1 enables the chip
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0 disables the chip
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lux0_input
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RO - measured lux value
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sysfs_notify called when threshold interrupt occurs
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lux0_sensor_range
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RO - lux0_input max value. Actually never reaches since sensor tends
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to saturate much before that. Real max value varies depending
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on the light spectrum etc.
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lux0_rate
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RW - measurement rate in Hz
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lux0_rate_avail
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RO - supported measurement rates
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lux0_calibscale
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RW - calibration value. Set to neutral value by default.
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Output results are multiplied with calibscale / calibscale_default
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value.
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lux0_calibscale_default
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RO - neutral calibration value
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lux0_thresh_above_value
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RW - HI level threshold value. All results above the value
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trigs an interrupt. 65535 (i.e. sensor_range) disables the above
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interrupt.
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lux0_thresh_below_value
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RW - LO level threshold value. All results below the value
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trigs an interrupt. 0 disables the below interrupt.
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prox0_raw
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RO - measured proximity value
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sysfs_notify called when threshold interrupt occurs
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prox0_sensor_range
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RO - prox0_raw max value (1023)
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prox0_raw_en
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RW - enable / disable proximity - uses counting logic
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1 enables the proximity
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0 disables the proximity
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prox0_reporting_mode
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RW - trigger / periodic. In "trigger" mode the driver tells two possible
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values: 0 or prox0_sensor_range value. 0 means no proximity,
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1023 means proximity. This causes minimal number of interrupts.
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In "periodic" mode the driver reports all values above
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prox0_thresh_above. This causes more interrupts, but it can give
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_rough_ estimate about the distance.
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prox0_reporting_mode_avail
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RO - accepted values to prox0_reporting_mode (trigger, periodic)
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prox0_thresh_above_value
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RW - threshold level which trigs proximity events.
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