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
> >
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