From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Chris Hudson <chudson@kionix.com>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>,
linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [RFC PATCH 1/3] hwmon:driver support for Kionix kxte9 accelerometer
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091110223907.1f47b07f@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AF9CDF2.2070003@kionix.com>
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:32:50 -0500, Chris Hudson wrote:
> Thank you for your insight Jonathan. The driver was originally written
> for the 2.6.29 omap-android kernel to facilitate integration of the
> kxte9 into customer projects. Unfortunately, it seems that things in
> the kernel have changed since then, but I'm not sure how much we can
> change without sacrificing compatibility with the Android sensor API.
> Is there a different place where this driver could go without requiring
> significant redesign?
I don't think a move implies a redesign. You could put exactly the same
driver under drivers/misc, drivers/accel, drivers/input or what do I
know. I don't want it in drivers/hwmon, but I don't care about anything
else.
--
Jean Delvare
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-10 21:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-10 18:28 [RFC PATCH 1/3] hwmon:driver support for Kionix kxte9 accelerometer chudson
2009-11-10 18:28 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] mach-omap2:kxte9 accelerometer support for OMAP ZoomII chudson
2009-11-10 18:28 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] mach-omap2:mux support for kxte9 accelerometer on " chudson
2009-11-10 18:35 ` [lm-sensors] [RFC PATCH 1/3] hwmon:driver support for Kionix kxte9 accelerometer Jean Delvare
2009-11-10 18:50 ` Chris Hudson
2009-11-10 19:00 ` Jonathan Cameron
2009-11-10 20:32 ` Chris Hudson
2009-11-10 21:39 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
2009-11-10 21:54 ` Chris Hudson
2009-11-11 14:14 ` Jonathan Cameron
2009-11-11 14:21 ` Chris Hudson
2009-11-12 21:10 ` Jonathan Cameron
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