Re: [lm-sensors] [RFC PATCH 1/3] hwmon:driver support for Kionix kxte9 accelerometer

[Chris Hudson <chudson@kionix.com>]

Jean Delvare wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
Thank you Jean; I will resubmit the driver for drivers/input/misc if 
that sounds appropriate.  On another note, I accidentally left some 
debug code in place that I will be removing (unless it seems appropriate 
to leave that in for intermediate testing).  Any thoughts on this?