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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: "MyungJoo Ham" <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Arve Hjønnevag" <arve@android.com>,
	"Kyungmin Park" <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>,
	"Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	"Morten CHRISTIANSEN" <morten.christiansen@stericsson.com>,
	"John Stultz" <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	myungjoo.ham@gmail.com, cw00.choi@samsung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 resend 6/6] Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:15:34 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120420171534.GA29519@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120420170519.GB3080@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 06:05:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:25:29AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > Ok, I've applied this, but I don't know if we really need this in the
> > kernel tree.  How many out-of-tree android switch drivers are there?
> > Who needs to know this information?
> 
> Every phone with a headset jack will have at least one switch if it's
> running on Android.  People doing system integration will generally need
> to know about this, at least until we've got the ALSA detection stuff
> integrated with extcon.

Ok, but where are those drivers at?  Any pointers to them so I can start
sucking them into the tree and doing this conversion?

Is this, and the wakelock stuff, holding back a torrent of drivers to be
submitted somewhere?  Or are they buried in vendor trees, never to be
seen?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-20 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-23  8:52 [PATCH v7 0/6] Introduce External Connector Class (extcon) MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-23  8:52 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] Extcon (external connector): import Android's switch class and modify MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-18 21:47   ` Greg KH
2012-04-18 23:38     ` Kyungmin Park
2012-04-18 23:40       ` Greg KH
2012-04-18 23:48         ` Kyungmin Park
2012-04-19  0:01           ` Greg KH
2012-04-19  2:36     ` MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-19  2:41     ` [PATCH v8 0/6] Introduce External Connector Class (extcon) MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-19  2:41       ` [PATCH v8 1/6] Extcon (external connector): import Android's switch class and modify MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-19 11:38         ` Mark Brown
2012-04-20  2:37         ` Greg KH
2012-04-20  2:46           ` Kyungmin Park
2012-04-20  2:49             ` Greg KH
2012-04-20  2:57               ` Kyungmin Park
2012-04-20  3:00                 ` Greg KH
2012-04-20  3:08                   ` Kyungmin Park
2012-04-20  3:32                     ` Greg KH
2012-04-20  5:16                       ` [PATCH v8 resend 0/6] Introduce External Connector Class (extcon) MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-20  5:16                         ` [PATCH v8 resend 1/6] Extcon (external connector): import Android's switch class and modify MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-20  7:00                           ` Ryan Mallon
2012-04-20  5:16                         ` [PATCH v8 resend 2/6] Extcon: support generic GPIO extcon driver MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-20  5:16                         ` [PATCH v8 resend 3/6] Extcon: support notification based on the state changes MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-20  5:16                         ` [PATCH v8 resend 4/6] Extcon: support multiple states at a device MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-20  5:16                         ` [PATCH v8 resend 5/6] Extcon: support mutually exclusive relation between cables MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-20  5:16                         ` [PATCH v8 resend 6/6] Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-20 16:25                           ` Greg KH
2012-04-20 17:05                             ` Mark Brown
2012-04-20 17:15                               ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-04-20 21:59                                 ` Mark Brown
2012-04-20 16:27                         ` [PATCH v8 resend 0/6] Introduce External Connector Class (extcon) Greg KH
2012-04-23 11:18                           ` MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-23 11:19                             ` [PATCH] Remove "switch" class in drivers/staging/android/switch MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-23 20:25                               ` Greg KH
2012-04-19  2:41       ` [PATCH v8 2/6] Extcon: support generic GPIO extcon driver MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-19 11:40         ` Mark Brown
2012-04-19  2:41       ` [PATCH v8 3/6] Extcon: support notification based on the state changes MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-19  2:41       ` [PATCH v8 4/6] Extcon: support multiple states at a device MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-19  2:41       ` [PATCH v8 5/6] Extcon: support mutually exclusive relation between cables MyungJoo Ham
2012-04-19  2:41       ` [PATCH v8 6/6] Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-23  8:52 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] Extcon: support generic GPIO extcon driver MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-23  8:53 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] Extcon: support notification based on the state changes MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-23  8:53 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] Extcon: support multiple states at a device MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-23  8:53 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] Extcon: support mutually exclusive relation between cables MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-23  8:53 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-23  8:53 ` [RFC PATCH] Remove "switch" class in drivers/staging/android/switch MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-28  9:39 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] Introduce External Connector Class (extcon) MyungJoo Ham
2012-03-28 14:44   ` Greg KH
2012-03-28 15:24     ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-28 15:28       ` Greg KH
2012-03-29  4:20         ` Kyungmin Park

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