Re: [RFP] iio: Support of gesture sensor as a standard IIO sensor

[Pandruvada, Srinivas]

On Sat, 2018-01-20 at 15:19 +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 23:40:26 +0100
> Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > 
> > > From an IIO sensor point of view A Gesture sensor:
> > > Outputs
> > > 	A pre defined activity type
> > > 		WAKE
> > > 		TILT
> > > 		GLANCE
> > > 		PICK_UP
> > > 		Â&
> > > 		Âmore
> > > 
> > > 	A user defined activity type as "string"ÂÂ
> > Pre-defined activities are easy.
> > 
> > But what about user-defined activities? We'd really like common
> > interface across different hardware...Â
> Nasty to handle indeed.ÂÂÂIt may be the best we can do initially
> at least is user_definedN or similar.ÂÂNo way of constraining
> users from uploading something really odd that we can't define
> an interface for (hopping whilst holding a phone in
> their teeth?)
That's what I think also. We pre define few USER defined activities
Ids.

> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Inputs
> > > 	A raw binary cdev interface to download templates/patternsÂÂ
> > ....and "raw binary" will not work across different hardware :-(.
> Sadly there probably isn't much we can do about the format being
> custom.
> Best bet would ultimately be if there was at least a standard tool
> to generate the files for different devices...
> 
Correct. This will depend on Âthe firmware expected format . I think
ultimately it will be standardized.

Thanks,
Srinivas

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> > Pavel