From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felipe Balbi Subject: Sensors and the input layer (was Re: [RFC] [PATCH V2 1/2] input: CMA3000 Accelerometer driver) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:04:39 -0500 Message-ID: <36abcb34cfbf34724d9a581a75b53e76@secure211.sgcpanel.com> References: <15445.10.24.255.17.1274424777.squirrel@dbdmail.itg.ti.com> <20100829184904.GC26209@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from ns1.siteground211.com ([209.62.36.12]:32824 "EHLO serv01.siteground211.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755357Ab0H3QEi (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:04:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100829184904.GC26209@core.coreip.homeip.net> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Hemanth V , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, igor.stoppa@nokia.com, kai.svahn@nokia.com, matthias.nyman@nokia.com Hi Dmitry, When we tried to push N900's accelerometer driver as an input device you commented you didn't want sensors such as accelerometers, magnetometers, proximity, etc on the input layer because "they are not user input", although I didn't fully agree with you, we had to modify the drivers and, I believe, one of them is sitting in staging under the industrial i/o subsystem. Are you now accepting sensor drivers on the input layer ? that will make our life a lot easier but we need some definition to avoid having to re-work drivers when we want to push them to mainline. -- balbi