On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:29:10 +0200
Andreas Klinger <[email protected]> wrote:

> The measured time value in the driver is limited to the maximum distance
> which can be read by the sensor. This limitation was wrong and is fixed
> by this patch.
> 
> It also takes into account that we are supporting a variety of sensors
> today and that the recently added sensors have a higher maximum
> distance range.
> 
> Suggested-by: Zbyněk Kocur <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Klinger <[email protected]>
Ideally I'm looking for Zbyněk to confirm that this addresses the
original question.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c
> index 8b50d56b0a03..01eb8cc63076 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c
> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int srf04_read(struct srf04_data *data)
>       udelay(data->cfg->trigger_pulse_us);
>       gpiod_set_value(data->gpiod_trig, 0);
>  
> -     /* it cannot take more than 20 ms */
> +     /* it should not take more than 20 ms until echo is rising */
>       ret = wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(&data->rising, HZ/50);
>       if (ret < 0) {
>               mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
> @@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ static int srf04_read(struct srf04_data *data)
>               return -ETIMEDOUT;
>       }
>  
> -     ret = wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(&data->falling, HZ/50);
> +     /* it cannot take more than 50 ms until echo is falling */
> +     ret = wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(&data->falling, HZ/20);
>       if (ret < 0) {
>               mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
>               return ret;
> @@ -135,19 +136,19 @@ static int srf04_read(struct srf04_data *data)
>  
>       dt_ns = ktime_to_ns(ktime_dt);
>       /*
> -      * measuring more than 3 meters is beyond the capabilities of
> -      * the sensor
> +      * measuring more than 6,45 meters is beyond the capabilities of
> +      * the supported sensors
>        * ==> filter out invalid results for not measuring echos of
>        *     another us sensor
>        *
>        * formula:
> -      *         distance       3 m
> -      * time = ---------- = --------- = 9404389 ns
> -      *          speed       319 m/s
> +      *         distance     6,45 * 2 m
> +      * time = ---------- = ------------ = 40438871 ns
> +      *          speed         319 m/s
>        *
>        * using a minimum speed at -20 °C of 319 m/s
>        */
> -     if (dt_ns > 9404389)
> +     if (dt_ns > 40438871)
>               return -EIO;
>  
>       time_ns = dt_ns;
> @@ -159,20 +160,20 @@ static int srf04_read(struct srf04_data *data)
>        *   with Temp in °C
>        *   and speed in m/s
>        *
> -      * use 343 m/s as ultrasonic speed at 20 °C here in absence of the
> +      * use 343,5 m/s as ultrasonic speed at 20 °C here in absence of the
>        * temperature
>        *
>        * therefore:
> -      *             time     343
> -      * distance = ------ * -----
> -      *             10^6       2
> +      *             time     343,5     time * 106
> +      * distance = ------ * ------- = ------------
> +      *             10^6         2         617176
>        *   with time in ns
>        *   and distance in mm (one way)
>        *
> -      * because we limit to 3 meters the multiplication with 343 just
> +      * because we limit to 6,45 meters the multiplication with 106 just
>        * fits into 32 bit
>        */
> -     distance_mm = time_ns * 343 / 2000000;
> +     distance_mm = time_ns * 106 / 617176;
>  
>       return distance_mm;
>  }

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