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diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/overview.txt b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/overview.txt index 64584ad40241..e39dfc1705aa 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/overview.txt +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/overview.txt @@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ hwmon with simple polled access to device channels via sysfs. * Event chrdevs. These are similar to input in that they provide a route to user space for hardware triggered events. Such events include threshold detectors, free-fall detectors and more complex action -detection. They events themselves are currently very simple with +detection. The events themselves are currently very simple with merely an event code and a timestamp. Any data associated with the -event must be accessed via polling. Note a given device may have one -or more event channel. These events are turned on or off (if possible) -via sysfs interfaces. +event must be accessed via polling. + +Note: A given device may have one or more event channel. These events are +turned on or off (if possible) via sysfs interfaces. * Hardware ring buffer support. Some recent sensors have included fifo / ring buffers on the sensor chip. These greatly reduce the load |