Re: IIO drivers left in drivers/staging/

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 02:54:16PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 18/06/2014 at 10:47:17 -0700, Greg KH wrote :
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 02:56:52PM +0200, Peter Meerwald wrote:
> > > Hello Kristina,
> > > 
> > > > > Okay so right now I'm getting the following things I could work on:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 1) prefixes on define constants for lpc32xx_ADC (then trying to move it
> > > > > out of staging and seeing what other issues people find?)
> > > > > 2) resolver/CDC ABI documentation cleanup
> > > > > 3) dummy driver fake event interrupt hack
> > > > > 4) Lars may have more ideas?
> > > > > 
> > > > > The plan is for me to start working on this stuff full time next week,
> > > > > so if you think of anything more, please let me know!
> > > > 
> > > > Haven't heard back from you about this. Have you found anything else
> > > > that needs to be done with staging IIO drivers before they can be moved out?
> > > 
> > > IIO is a bit problematic since testing usually requires possessing the 
> > > sensor chip
> > 
> > Any specific chips / devices we should look into buying for these
> > drivers to help make it easier to do development?
> > 
> 
> I would say that the latest addition to the TODO file is quite valid ;)
> We have been looking at moving the mxs-lradc out of staging for a while
> now. It still has a few contributions coming from time to time and can
> definitely be improved. The main thing to do would be to create an MFD.
> 
> I understand this may be a considerable amount of work but it has the
> advantage of allowing to have a look at at least 3 different subsystems.
> 
> I am willing to review and test patches.
> 
> I would suggest that board:
> http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFA921TS
> 
> It may not be the cheapeast one but it has good mainline support and I
> know it well.

What sensors does it have on it that are iio drivers that need fixing
up?

It's not that expensive, my budget for Linux devices can cover it...

thanks,

greg k-h