Replicant

= 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: