From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: felipe.balbi@nokia.com
Cc: ext Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>,
linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] tsl2563: move tsl2563 to drivers/hwmon
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200810140900.55697.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081014135230.GA28019@gandalf.research.nokia.com>
On Tuesday 14 October 2008, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>
> > Nack. Light sensors have nothing to do with hardware monitoring.
> >
> > The only light sensor driver in the kernel tree at the moment
> > is drivers/i2c/chips/tsl2550.c. But I'm not very happy with this
> > either, as my ultimate goal is to delete the drivers/i2c/chips
> > directory completely. So we should find a new home for light sensors.
>
> and that's why I'm moving nokia drivers out of drivers/i2c/chips
> directory.
>
> > Maybe they should go into the new "industrial I/O" subsystem. Or if
> > not, their own drivers/sensors/light directory.
>
> Well, could be. We might need someone else, like Andrew, to answer that
> question.
My two cents: leave them where they are until a "good" answer exists.
Or if drivers/i2c/chips is sufficiently annoying ... drivers/misc may
be a good interim site.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-14 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-14 13:01 [PATCH 0/8] updtes to few nokia drivers Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 1/8] i2c: lp5521: remove dead code Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 2/8] i2c: lp5521: cosmetic fixes Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 3/8] lp5521: move to drivers/leds Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 4/8] leds: lp5521: simplify mode setting Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 5/8] leds: lp5521: register separate leds Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 6/8] tsl2563: move tsl2563 to drivers/hwmon Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 7/8] input: lm8323: get rid of global pdata pointer Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:01 ` [PATCH 8/8] input: tsc2005: move to gpiolib Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 13:38 ` [PATCH 6/8] tsl2563: move tsl2563 to drivers/hwmon Jean Delvare
2008-10-14 13:52 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 14:14 ` Jean Delvare
2008-10-14 14:38 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 16:00 ` David Brownell [this message]
2008-10-14 21:20 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 21:44 ` David Brownell
2008-10-14 21:50 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-10-15 8:26 ` Jean Delvare
2008-10-14 15:55 ` [PATCH 5/8] leds: lp5521: register separate leds David Brownell
2008-10-14 17:09 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 15:53 ` [PATCH 3/8] lp5521: move to drivers/leds David Brownell
2008-10-14 17:11 ` Felipe Balbi
2008-10-14 17:19 ` David Brownell
2008-10-14 17:32 ` Felipe Balbi
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