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

[Éric Piel]

Andrew Morton schreef:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:48:14 +0100
> Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Giuseppe Bilotta
> > <giuseppe.bilotta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Yeah, that patch. Not sure what to do next... you could grab lis3
> > > > manual and see if you can setup chip by hand to get better results...
> > > As Eric pointed out, it looks definitely like an endianness problem,
> > > although there are a few strange things which are happening at the
> > > same time. Is the lis3 manual available online somewhere, or can I
> > > request it to the mfgr?
> > 'k, found it on the STMicroelectronics website. Reading the doc about
> > LIS3LV02DL I see that WHO_AM_I should return 3Ah, but my sensor
> > returns 3Bh. I'll see if I find the correct datasheet for this one
> > instead, it might have info about the differences.
> >
> > One thing that I noticed is that (modulo axis inversion) I'm able to
> > use the sensor correctly if I set the thing to only use the high byte,
> > totally discarding the lower byte:
> > 	return *((s8*)(&hi));
> > Maybe this sensor needs a different setup to return 12 instead of 8
> > bits of information.
>
> I've lost the plot here.  I still intend to merge
> lis3lv02d-add-axes-knowledge-of-hp-pavilion-dv5-models.patch into
> 2.6.29.  Someone please stop me if that is wrong.
Hi Andrew,
No, let's wait to get things settle down. You can discard the current 
patch. I think we should manage to get it working eventually, but the 
patch will be much bigger...

Eric
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