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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Davide Rizzo <elpa.rizzo@gmail.com>
Cc: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ben-linux@fluff.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Driver for user access to internal timer
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:53:26 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090108165326.GB13737@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8447d6730901080811pae17e75s75fc8f65f15a2675@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:11:20PM +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
> >
> >
> Moved to drivers/misc

But you are still using the "UIO_" config namespace :(

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-08 16:54 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
2009-01-08 16:11       ` Davide Rizzo
2009-01-08 16:53         ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-01-08 16:28 ` Greg KH

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