From: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de>
To: Davide Rizzo <elpa.rizzo@gmail.com>
Cc: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de,
ben-linux@fluff.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Driver for user access to internal timer
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:25:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090108122524.GC3053@local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8447d6730901080337r190770d5s5eca64720bb7330f@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:37:04PM +0100, Davide Rizzo wrote:
> >
> > Davide,
> > please don't use drivers/uio/ for things that are no UIO drivers.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hans
>
> I thought drivers/uoi is a better choice then driver/misc, because
> this driver allows user to access internal hardware to generate PWM
> signals.
Yes, but you do not use the UIO framework to achieve this.
> Otherwise, where do you suggest to put it ?
I didn't have a deeper look at your driver. I suggest you ask the people
who maintain the clock/timer frameworks you use. Since you seem to be
working on an ARM platform, you should Cc: the linux-arm-kernel mailing
list as well.
Thanks,
Hans
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-08 12:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-08 10:05 [PATCH 1/2] Driver for user access to internal timer Davide Rizzo
2009-01-08 11:29 ` Hans J. Koch
2009-01-08 11:37 ` Davide Rizzo
2009-01-08 12:25 ` Hans J. Koch [this message]
2009-01-08 16:11 ` Davide Rizzo
2009-01-08 16:53 ` Greg KH
2009-01-08 16:28 ` Greg KH
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