From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com (Thomas Petazzoni) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:38:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3.9] Driver for 7-segment displays connected over GPIOs In-Reply-To: <20130107183642.GA26612@kroah.com> References: <1357576928-29133-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> <20130107164845.GA2911@kroah.com> <20130107180708.2ffc1540@skate> <20130107172340.GA32401@kroah.com> <20130107185357.6da83d60@skate> <20130107183642.GA26612@kroah.com> Message-ID: <20130107193849.44d69315@skate> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Dear Greg Kroah-Hartman, On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:36:42 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > I don't remember what I committed a month ago, let alone 4 years ago. > So trying to use that as an excuse as to why I should take your patch > isn't a really good idea, sorry :) That was a shameless try from me, which I knew would not work :-) > As Russell points out, if you want this in the kernel, it needs to have > a good userspace api, and that needs a lot more work than just a single > sysfs file. Ok, thanks. Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com