linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] iio: acpi: Add support for ACPI0008 Ambient Light Sensor

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Date:	Fri, 8 May 2015 23:36:57 +0200
From:	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...23.retrosnub.co.uk>
Cc:	Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, knaack.h@....de,
	lars@...afoo.de, pmeerw@...erw.net, marxin.liska@...il.com,
	rui.zhang@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] iio: acpi: Add support for ACPI0008 Ambient Light Sensor

On Friday, May 08, 2015 at 11:34:35 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 8 May 2015 20:20:33 BST, Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com> wrote:
> >On Friday 08 May 2015 10:58:29 Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> >> On 02/05/15 08:30, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
> >> > This driver adds the initial support for the ACPI Ambient Light
> >
> >Sensor
> >
> >> > as defined in Section 9.2 of the ACPI specification (Revision 5.0)
> >
> >[1].
> >
> >> > Sensors complying with the standard are exposed as ACPI devices
> >
> >with
> >
> >> > ACPI0008 as hardware ID and provide standard methods by which the
> >
> >OS
> >
> >> > can query properties of the ambient light environment the system is
> >> > currently operating in.
> >> > 
> >> > This driver currently allows only to get the current ambient light
> >> > illuminance reading through the _ALI method, but is ready to be
> >> > extended extended to handle _ALC, _ALT and _ALP as well.
> >> > 
> >> > [1] http://www.acpi.info/DOWNLOADS/ACPIspec50.pdf
> >> > 
> >> > Signed-off-by: Martin Liska <marxin.liska@...il.com>
> >> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
> >> > Signed-off-by: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
> >> > Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>

Thank you guys for finally getting this mainline :)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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