Hello Jari & Markus, I got it. Many thanks for your reply.
2010/11/4 <[email protected]> > Hmmm, don't know any details in this area, so just checking... In MeeGo the > Sensor Framework itself must be _generic_ and fully open source I believe. > Sensor HW adaptation (including adaptor plugins in the Sensor Framework), > however, can contain proprietary stuff. So is there some refactoring needed > here? > > Regards, Jari > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Lehtonen Markus (Nokia-MS/Helsinki) > > Sent: 04. marraskuuta 2010 08:29 > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MeeGo-dev] Does MeeGo 1.1 Handset support CompassSensor? > > > > On 2010-11-04 at 08:04:02, ext HorryChiang wrote: > > > > > > The algorithms used with the magnetometer are proprietary, and are > > not > > > included with this build. They can be installed from package > > sensorfw- > > > plugins-compasslogic. > > > > > > Unless the package is installed, CompassSensor and MagnetometerSensor > > > will fail to load. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > > > > > You can see that sensorfw-plugins-compasslogic is required for > > > CompassSensor and MagnetometerSensor. > > > But where can we find sensorfw-plugins-compasslogic package on MeeGo > > > Repo Site? > > > Does MeeGo 1.1 Handset support CompassSensor? > > > > > > Many thanks for your help. > > > > Hi, > > > > The compasschain plugin is proprietary and due to licensing problems we > > currently cannot publish that even as binary-only. I fear that getting > > it redistributable in MeeGo will take time > > > > Thus, currently the CompassSensor and MagnetometerSensor are unusable > > in MeeGo (unless you have access to the proprietary plugin). We should > > probably discuss about how to more easily support different > > magnetometer sensors. E.g. briefly document what is expected from the > > compasschain plugin so that an open source alternative would be easier > > to implement. > > > > CC'd sensorfw lead developer Timo Rongas who probably has good ideas. > > > > -- > > Markus > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MeeGo-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev >
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