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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio index 0890bd113eea..c42fe980f395 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio @@ -33,6 +33,45 @@ Description: Description of the physical chip / device for device X. Typically a part number. +What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/label +KernelVersion: 5.8 +Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org +Description: + Optional symbolic label for a device. + This is useful for userspace to be able to better identify an + individual device. + + The contents of the label are free-form, but there are some + standardized uses: + + For proximity sensors which give the proximity (of a person) to + a certain wlan or wwan antenna the following standardized labels + are used: + + * "proximity-wifi" + * "proximity-lte" + * "proximity-wifi-lte" + * "proximity-wifi-left" + * "proximity-wifi-right" + + These are used to indicate to userspace that these proximity + sensors may be used to tune transmit power to ensure that + Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) limits are honored. + The "-left" and "-right" labels are for devices with multiple + antennas. + + In some laptops/tablets the standardized proximity sensor labels + instead indicate proximity to a specific part of the device: + + * "proximity-palmrest" indicates proximity to the keyboard's palmrest + * "proximity-palmrest-left" indicates proximity to the left part of the palmrest + * "proximity-palmrest-right" indicates proximity to the right part of the palmrest + * "proximity-lap" indicates the device is being used on someone's lap + + Note "proximity-lap" is special in that its value may be + calculated by firmware from other sensor readings, rather then + being a raw sensor reading. + What: /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/current_timestamp_clock KernelVersion: 4.5 Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org |