Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc0

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>]

On 03/09/10 18:21, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 13:18, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On 03/09/10 17:58, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:51, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 09:44:08AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 03:03, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Linus,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please pull from:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus
>>>>>> or
>>>>>>        master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to receive first round of updates for the input subsystem.
>>>>>
>>>>> i'm trying to figure out what the problem is with the ADXL34x and
>>>>> AD714x drivers you seem to have accepted (at least, you didnt say
>>>>> there was anything left for us to do).  i would have expected them to
>>>>> be in 2.6.33/2.6.34 already, but it seems they arent moving now.  so
>>>>> what's up ?
>>>>
>>>> I am still spooked by the fact that this is an accelerometer and does
>>>> not have to be an input device but maybe used for different purposes as
>>>> well.
>>>
>>> the AD714x is not an accelerometer, it's a capacitance touch sensor
>>>
>>> i understand the ADXL34x is a bit wonky, but what else would you
>>> propose ?  or just leave the driver in limbo forever until people
>>> forget about it ?
>>
>> Perhaps whilst this remains in debate it might merge under misc, or
>> even staging temporarily.  That would avoid setting a precedent for
>> putting them in input.  I personally agree with Dmitry's wish to
>> avoid feature drift in input, but then we don't have anything else ready
>> for the big time.  Under staging the entire TODO list would be along
>> lines of awaiting a suitable framework...  This is effectively what
>> is going to happen to the various Ambient Light sensor drivers for
>> pretty much the same reason (see responses to our recent pull request).
>>
>> We certainly want to be careful not to loose good drivers like this
>> and also to make them available to those who wish to use them.
> 
> i dont have any problems with where exactly the driver gets merged, or
> if we have a goal we're working towards (in terms of a "better"
> place).  but drivers sitting in perpetual limbo sucks.
> -mike
> 
In that case, I suggest asking Greg KH to pull it into staging for now
with suitable explanation (and perhaps an ack for putting it there from
Dmitry?)

Jonathan