Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754778Ab0HaRYp (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:24:45 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:42790 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752207Ab0HaRYn (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:24:43 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=sbQM824LRAiCQuSfRx6LX6lTrTP3Xw2486mFuFOKstoKCiabT3m3eYsGdLraYMpDMX 384fp7J1Ml6Bb6Ldl67DLRdxfXOENHVpefPvUIQfhH3jNOe8KwXZGFTkxIc5y/gixKyq Jh8MED5mvqhPSJfr2TlV/2OPLFYe577+YSSyA= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100831170923.GB30947@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <36abcb34cfbf34724d9a581a75b53e76@secure211.sgcpanel.com> <20100830214025.2f9677a1@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20100830204412.GA28711@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100830214355.GB28865@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100830224352.GF28865@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100831104446.321fd4f4@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20100831161730.GA30947@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100831175937.70a59a91@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20100831170923.GB30947@core.coreip.homeip.net> From: Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:24:20 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Sensors and the input layer (was Re: [RFC] [PATCH V2 1/2] input: CMA3000 Accelerometer driver) To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Felipe Balbi , Hemanth V , "linux-input@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" , "igor.stoppa@nokia.com" , "kai.svahn@nokia.com" , "matthias.nyman@nokia.com" , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane_Chatty?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 914 Lines: 21 IMHO I think sensors no more can be considered as non-input-devices. Things changed too much in recent years. Input "sources" have now a very different use as before (smartphones, Tablets and handheld devices...) They all have much inputs that come mostly from sensors. So the definition of an input device is something that the user can interact on it ? Maybe we should consider input devices to be made from 1 to N sensors with some filtering blocks which only expose the useful data. If we think like this an input device can be made from sub parts which can be bare sensors. (Many sensors are exposed as Human.Interface.Devices which are mainly input devices) i -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/