Re: IIO drivers left in drivers/staging/

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 09:55:22AM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 20/06/2014 at 13:42:48 -0700, Greg KH wrote :
> > > 
> > > 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 is i.mx28 based so it has the mxs LRADC which is currently supported
> through drivers/staging/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c.
> It is also a touchscreen controller, a temperature sensor and a battery
> voltage monitor so it would make sense to create an mfd and move the
> touchscreen part in the input subsystem and add a driver for the voltage
> monitor in the power subsystem.
> 
> You can also have a look at that thread:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-iio/msg11004.html

That sounds promising, I'll look it over.

thanks,

greg k-h