isl — Intersil(TM) I2C ISL29018 sensor driver
Contents
Bugs
The isl driver detects the device based from the I2C address. This might have unforeseen consequences if
the initialization sequence is sent to an unknown device at that address.
Debian December 18, 2018 ISL(4)
Description
The isl driver provides access to sensor data provided by the Intersil(TM) I2C ISL29018 Digital Ambient
Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor with Interrupt Function. Functionality is basic and provided through
the sysctl(8) interface.
On a system using device.hints(5), these values are configurable for isl:
hint.isl.%d.at target iicbus(4).
hint.isl.%d.addrisl i2c address on the iicbus(4).
Examples
Ambientlightsensorreadout
$ sysctl dev.isl.0.als
dev.isl.0.als: 64
Automaticallyadjustbrightness
This requires the port graphics/intel-backlight and only works with laptops using a supported Intel(R)
GPU.
$ pkg install intel-backlight
$ sh /usr/local/share/examples/intel-backlight/isl_backlight.sh
Name
isl — Intersil(TM) I2C ISL29018 sensor driver
See Also
chromebook_platform(4), ig4(4), iicbus(4)
Synopsis
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines into the kernel configuration file:
deviceisldeviceig4deviceiicbus
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
isl_load="YES"
ig4_load="YES"
On many Chromebook models this driver can be automatically configured with the help of the
chromebook_platform(4) driver. Alternatively, the
isl driver can be manually configured in /boot/device.hints:
hint.isl.0.at="iicbus0"hint.isl.0.addr="0x88"hint.isl.1.at="iicbus1"hint.isl.1.addr="0x88"Sysctl Variables
The following sysctl(8) variables are available:
dev.isl.X.als Current ALS (Ambient Light Sensor) readout.
dev.isl.X.ir Current IR (InfraRed) sensor readout.
dev.isl.X.prox Current proximity sensor readout.
dev.isl.X.resolution Current sensor resolution.
dev.isl.X.range Current sensor range.
