Re: [PATCH] lis3lv02d: add axes knowledge of HP Pavilion dv5 models

From: Giuseppe Bilotta
Date: Tue Feb 10 2009 - 06:07:50 EST


On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Ãric Piel <eric.piel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> (putting back the cc's, please keep them when answering)
>
> Palatis Tseng schreef:
>> Ãric Piel æå:
>>> No problem, the patch from Giuseppe will get the axex fine :-)
>>>
>>> However, could you let use know if you too, on your laptop, have huge
>>> fluctuations even when the laptop is not moving? Could you give an idea
>>> of the minimum and maximum values of each axis when the laptop is set
>>> normally on the desk without touching it?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
>> I took a look at the patch but my axis on dv5 is Y_inverted (instead of
>> X_inverted.) i patched my lis3lv02d.c and added:
>>
>> === cut here ===
>> AXIS_DMI_MATCH("HPDV5", "HP Pavilion dv5", y_inverted),
>> === cut here ===
>>
>> and neverball worked just correct with it so i'm kinda sure my patch
>> about the axis should be correct.
>>
>> i've also tested with x_inverted, but whenever i evaluate the left side
>> of my notebook the ball goes to the left side too which is not real-world
>> behavier.
>>
>> mine is a HP Pavilion dv5 1003ax with AMD PUMA platform.
>> `dmidecode | grep "Product Name" says:
>> (under "System Information"...)
>> Product Name: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
> Giuseppe,
> Palatis mentions that on his laptop the sensor is actually y_inverted.
> Could you check your laptop? In particular it would be nice if you could
> describe the values for the four positions defined in the documentation
> file. BTW, what is the exact version of your laptop? Is it the same as
> Palatis?

With my patch applied:

Left raised: 0 -> 32k
Right raised: 0 -> -32k

Front raised: 1 -> -32k
back raised: 1 -> 32k

Upside down: 2 -> 32k

So it seems that my model inverts the Z axis too, I'll have to fix
that. However, this last test is tricky because unless the laptop is
completely upside down the Z axis can go from -32k to +32k with just a
couple of degrees (around the 90Â)

I'll update my patch to invert the X and Z axis for my model.

> Palatis, could you let us know if you also have a lot of "noise" in the
> values. That is, if when using jstest /dev/input/js0 you see big changes
> in the values. Is it like on Giuseppe's laptop of around 8000?
>
> Moreover I'm wondering if this could be an error on LSB/MSB ordering.
> Maybe looking at the raw values (cat
> /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position) would give more insight...

amd64 architecture here. Laptop flat:

oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(-256,256,14592)
oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(0,256,14848)
oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(-256,256,14848)
oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(-256,0,14336)
oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(-256,512,14336)
oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(256,256,14592)

Left edge raised:
oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(5120,512,13312)
oblomov@oblomov:~$ cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position
(5632,512,13312)

You might be onto something.

The dmi for my Pavilion is:

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
Version: F.09
Serial Number: (x-ed out)
UUID: (x-ed out)
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: (x-ed out)
Family: 103C_5335KV

So it might be that different pavilions have different sensors?

--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
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