From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA8BC433F4 for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2018 03:54:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 671D02083C for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2018 03:54:37 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 671D02083C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727352AbeIAIFD (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2018 04:05:03 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:42266 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726044AbeIAIFD (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2018 04:05:03 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [208.181.116.45]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D63909F0; Sat, 1 Sep 2018 03:54:34 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:54:34 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Machek Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Arnd Bergmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Char/Misc driver patches for 4.19-rc1 Message-ID: <20180901035434.GF27141@kroah.com> References: <20180818155844.GA22720@kroah.com> <20180831111936.GA18291@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180831111936.GA18291@amd> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 01:19:36PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > - gnss, finally an in-kernel GPS subsystem to try to tame all of > > the crazy out-of-tree drivers that have been floating around > > for years, combined with some really hacky userspace > > implementations. This is only for GNSS receivers, but you > > have to start somewhere, and this is great to see. > > Yes, it is labeled as a GPS subsystem, but there's nothing GPS > specific in there; it does not understand the data, it just passes > around bytes. > > Which would not be a problem, except that it takes /dev/gnssX > namespace, so when we need to introduce hardware abstraction for > GPS, we will not have suitable names available. Given that no such code seems to be showing up any year soon, that's a request that we will just have to deal with if it ever shows up. What we have now in the tree is good enough for now. greg k-h