Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] iio: export mounting matrix information

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Tue May 05 2015 - 16:40:45 EST




On 4 May 2015 18:48:23 GMT+01:00, Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>> On 27/04/15 16:01, Octavian Purdila wrote:
>>> Export a new sysfs attribute that describes the placement of the
>>> sensor on the device in the form of a mounting matrix so that
>>> userspace can do the required correction to get accurate data:
>>>
>>> corrected X = MM[0] * X + MM[1] Y + MM[2] * Z
>>> corrected Y = MM[3] * X + MM[4] Y + MM[5] * Z
>>> corrected Z = MM[6] * X + MM[7] Y + MM[8] * Z
>>>
>>> This information is read from the device properties of the parent of
>>> the IIO device.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Hmm. This could be done with existing code and a new info_mask
>element.
>> The disadvantage is you'd have to change the read_raw to
>read_raw_multi
>> callback, but that's hardly a big job. If I could be bothered, I'd
>> move the whole subsystem over and drop read_raw entirely.
>>
>> It was introduced precisely for this sort of element.
>
>If I understand this correctly this will require changing every driver
>that want to expose this information. However, this information is
>independent of the driver, as this information is read from the device
>tree or ACPI. As such, doesn't this fits better in the IIO core?
In this case it comes from one of those two but there is no inherent reason it won't come from elsewhere.

Take for example an IMU block with integrated components. The mounting
matrix is then partly provided by acpi say and partly by values read from the device.

Yes moving to read_raw_multi involves a driver change but that is no bad thing anyway and the change is fairly trivial.
>
>> As I mentioned deeper in the thread. If we are going to introduce a
>mounting
>> matrix, I'd prefer a version that includes translation. It might not
>matter
>> to many devices but it has mattered a lot to me in the past and
>doesn't hurt
>> others that much (I used to write papers on how to estimate this
>stuff
>> from black box devices).
>
>OK, I will look into that.
>
>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 11 +++++++++
>>> drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 42
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> include/linux/iio/iio.h | 9 +++++++
>>> 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> index 866b4ec..d36476e 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> @@ -1375,3 +1375,14 @@ Description:
>>> The emissivity ratio of the surface in the field of
>view of the
>>> contactless temperature sensor. Emissivity varies
>from 0 to 1,
>>> with 1 being the emissivity of a black body.
>>> +
>>> +What:
>/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/mounting_matrix
>>> +KernelVersion: 4.2
>>> +Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> +Description:
>>> + A list of 9 floating point values that describes the
>>> + transformation needed to account for the way the
>sensor has been
>>> + placed on the PCB:
>>> + corrected X = MM[0] * X + MM[1] Y + MM[2] * Z
>>> + corrected Y = MM[3] * X + MM[4] Y + MM[5] * Z
>>> + corrected Z = MM[6] * X + MM[7] Y + MM[8] * Z
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> index 7c98bc1..9000c53 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> @@ -871,6 +871,45 @@ static ssize_t iio_show_dev_name(struct device
>*dev,
>>>
>>> static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, iio_show_dev_name, NULL);
>>>
>>> +static bool iio_get_mounting_matrix(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
>>> +{
>>> + int i, err;
>>> +
>>> + err = device_property_read_u32_array(&indio_dev->dev,
>"mounting-matrix",
>>> +
>indio_dev->mounting_matrix, 9);
>>> + if (!err) {
>>> + int *mm = indio_dev->mounting_matrix;
>>> +
>>> + for (i = IIO_MM_SIZE - 2; i > 0; i -= 2) {
>>> + mm[i] = mm[i / 2];
>>> + mm[i + 1] = 0;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + return true;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + return false;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static ssize_t iio_show_mounting_matrix(struct device *dev,
>>> + struct device_attribute *attr,
>>> + char *buf)
>>> +{
>>> + struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
>>> + char *tmp = buf;
>>> + int i;
>>> +
>>> + for (i = 0; i < IIO_MM_SIZE; i += 2) {
>>> + tmp += iio_format_value(tmp, IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO,
>2,
>>> +
>&indio_dev->mounting_matrix[i]);
>>> + if (((i + 2) / 2) % 3)
>> Hmm. if (i != 8) should also do the job with slightly less feedling
>of
>> magic..
>>> + tmp[-1] = ' ';
>>> + }
>>> + return tmp - buf;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static DEVICE_ATTR(mounting_matrix, S_IRUGO,
>iio_show_mounting_matrix, NULL);
>>> +
>>> static int iio_device_register_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
>>> {
>>> int i, ret = 0, attrcount, attrn, attrcount_orig = 0;
>>> @@ -920,6 +959,9 @@ static int iio_device_register_sysfs(struct
>iio_dev *indio_dev)
>>> indio_dev->chan_attr_group.attrs[attrn++] =
>&p->dev_attr.attr;
>>> if (indio_dev->name)
>>> indio_dev->chan_attr_group.attrs[attrn++] =
>&dev_attr_name.attr;
>>> + if (iio_get_mounting_matrix(indio_dev))
>>> + indio_dev->chan_attr_group.attrs[attrn++] =
>>> + &dev_attr_mounting_matrix.attr;
>>>
>>> indio_dev->groups[indio_dev->groupcounter++] =
>>> &indio_dev->chan_attr_group;
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
>>> index b1e46ae..c1fa852 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
>>> @@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ struct iio_buffer_setup_ops {
>>> const unsigned long *scan_mask);
>>> };
>>>
>>> +#define IIO_MM_SIZE 18
>>> +
>>> /**
>>> * struct iio_dev - industrial I/O device
>>> * @id: [INTERN] used to identify device
>internally
>>> @@ -469,6 +471,12 @@ struct iio_buffer_setup_ops {
>>> * @groups: [INTERN] attribute groups
>>> * @groupcounter: [INTERN] index of next attribute group
>>> * @flags: [INTERN] file ops related flags including busy
>flag.
>> Hmm. No absolute need to have this new data in the iio_dev. I'd do
>it
>> via the read_raw_multi callback, though this will require converting
>read_raw
>> over to that more flexible version.
>>> + * @mounting_matrix: [INTERN] the mounting matrix is a series of 9
>>> + * IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO pairs that describes
>the
>>> + * transformation needed to account for the way
>the sensor
>>> + * has been placed on the PCB. See the
>mounting_matrix
>>> + * entry in
>Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio about
>>> + * details of the transformation operations.
>>> * @debugfs_dentry: [INTERN] device specific debugfs dentry.
>>> * @cached_reg_addr: [INTERN] cached register address for debugfs
>reads.
>>> */
>>> @@ -509,6 +517,7 @@ struct iio_dev {
>>> int groupcounter;
>>>
>>> unsigned long flags;
>>> + int mounting_matrix[IIO_MM_SIZE];
>>> #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
>>> struct dentry *debugfs_dentry;
>>> unsigned cached_reg_addr;
>>>
>>
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