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= AKM8976A =
The goal here is to add support for AKM8976A to akmd-free (a free rewrite of akmd, the daemon that deals with the accelerometer/magnetometer data for a few chips, including AKM ones).
This page is to coordinate the work around this goal.
== Current status ==
=== Global tasks achievement ===
|| Task || Achievement ||
|| Modifying the kernel driver to print the requests akmd makes (ioctl, etc) || [[span(Done , style=background: green; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
|| Get an idea of how it works (what akmd does after what) || [[span(Done , style=background: green; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
|| Define the exact steps that akmd follows || [[span(Done , style=background: green; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
|| Implement AKM8976A in akmd-free without any data treatment yet || [[span(Done , style=background: green; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
|| Understand how the data is treated (algorithms, etc) || [[span(Work in progress , style=background: orange; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
|| Reproduce the data treatment with standard C code || [[span(Work in progress , style=background: orange; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
|| Include the data treatment code in akmd-free || [[span(TODO , style=background: red; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
|| Check that everything is OK on different devices || [[span(TODO , style=background: red; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] ||
=== Specific tasks achievement ===
==== Initialisation/calibration sequence ====
|| Task || Global achievement || Understood || Reproduced || Implemented ||
|| Before the first ECS_IOCTL_GETDATA || [[span(Done , style=background: orange; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] || || [[span(Done , style=background: green; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] || [[span(Done , style=background: green; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]] || [[span(TODO , style=background: red; color: white; display: inline-block; width: 100%;)]]
== Getting started ==
If you plan to join the effort to achieve this goal, here are the steps: