From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brownell Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] tsl2563: move tsl2563 to drivers/hwmon Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:55 -0700 Message-ID: <200810140900.55697.david-b@pacbell.net> References: <1223989300-27294-1-git-send-email-felipe.balbi@nokia.com> <20081014153824.3722411c@hyperion.delvare> <20081014135230.GA28019@gandalf.research.nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp124.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([69.147.64.97]:31628 "HELO smtp124.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750892AbYJNQD1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:03:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20081014135230.GA28019@gandalf.research.nokia.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: felipe.balbi@nokia.com Cc: ext Jean Delvare , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton 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.