linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] toshiba_acpi: Fix accelerometer direction reporting

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Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:01:23 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
CC:	Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@...il.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] toshiba_acpi: Fix accelerometer direction reporting

On 09/15/2014 12:56 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
>> I have also suggested this device (2 actually) would be better supported as an
>> IIO accelerometer device, but even that would change the sysfs interface by
>> removing these altogether and using the IIO standardized path and accelerometer
>> interface.
> 
> That's a better goal overall, then the "odd" sysfs files are now gone,
> to be replaced with the standard interface which all tools should
> already be using.
> 

I would definitely agree with that, although I understood there were
technical concerns with that?

	-hpa


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