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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Eric Andersson <eric.andersson@unixphere.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	christoph.mair@gmail.com, stefan.nilsson@unixphere.com,
	zhengguang.guo@bosch-sensortec.com, peter.moeller@cn.bosch.com,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Replace bmp085 with bmp18x
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:18:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201202292018.45557.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1330545489-31169-1-git-send-email-eric.andersson@unixphere.com>

On Wednesday 29 February 2012, Eric Andersson wrote:
> This patch-set replaces the BMP085 driver with a driver for Bosch Sensortec's new
> generation of pressure sensors called BMP18x. These pressure sensors can be
> connected on I2C but also on SPI as a variant, so the driver implements both.
> Register-wise they are fully compatible with the older BMP085, so the driver will
> support those chips as well.
> 
> The driver is based on bmp085.c by Christoph Mair.

Hmm,  the implementation looks fine, but I don't think we should add support
for new devices with a one-off interface that we know is getting replaced by
something generic.

Why is this not using IIO for its user interface?

	Arnd

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-29 20:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-29 19:58 [PATCH 0/3] Replace bmp085 with bmp18x Eric Andersson
2012-02-29 19:58 ` [PATCH 1/3] drivers/misc: add support for BMP18x pressure sensors Eric Andersson
2012-03-01  0:11   ` Alan Cox
2012-02-29 19:58 ` [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: add sysfs ABI documentation for bmp18x Eric Andersson
2012-02-29 19:58 ` [PATCH 3/3] drivers/misc: remove bmp085 driver Eric Andersson
2012-02-29 20:18 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-02-29 20:37   ` [PATCH 0/3] Replace bmp085 with bmp18x Nick Bowler
2012-02-29 21:26     ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-01 13:19       ` Eric Andersson
2012-02-29 21:19   ` Eric Andersson
2012-02-29 23:52   ` Alan Cox
2012-03-02 16:49     ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-02 17:04       ` Greg KH

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