From: sre@kernel.org (Sebastian Reichel)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: bh1770 hacks: get it to work on n950
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:10:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171119211002.gddsvtxbuotyyznu@earth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171119150730.GA2366@amd>
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 04:07:30PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Sun 2017-11-19 15:12:13, Ladislav Michl wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 01:41:50PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > On Fri 2017-11-17 12:35:40, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:57:03PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok, not for application, but I can get light sensor to work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
> > > >
> > > > There is no mainline user of this driver and it has a custom API, so
> > > > I think the driver should be dropped and an IIO based one should be
> > > > created instead.
> > >
> > > While I agree IIO interface might be better, and would welcome
> > > patches, I don't think that dropping the driver is right action at
> > > this point.
> >
> > That's the most elegant solution at all. How would you later motivate
> > people to try and test IIO driver? Let's pretend this patch have never
> > existed until someone notices and starts playing "you broke kernel ABI"
> > game.
>
> I'm using the driver; I'm even interested in fixing it. Please try not
> to make my job any harder than it needs to be, and I'll try to break
> ABI.
>
> That goes to Sebastian, too.
>
> If you want to convert the driver to IIO, please do so, I can test
> the patches.
Looks like I need to be more explicit, so be it:
NAKed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
-- Sebastian
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-16 11:57 bh1770 hacks: get it to work on n950 Pavel Machek
2017-11-17 11:35 ` Sebastian Reichel
2017-11-19 12:41 ` Pavel Machek
2017-11-19 14:12 ` Ladislav Michl
2017-11-19 15:07 ` Pavel Machek
2017-11-19 21:10 ` Sebastian Reichel [this message]
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