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=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 D77BDC2D0A3 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 14:39:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 640C12078B for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 14:39:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=gmx.net header.i=@gmx.net header.b="CwGbSGPy" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727055AbgKFOjf (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Nov 2020 09:39:35 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:37517 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726694AbgKFOjd (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Nov 2020 09:39:33 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1604673571; bh=pQ6GlMpp2ca1qPGVYYHvrDLq6g4ftXTtpbGI1lgXwZI=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=CwGbSGPyrCJzXSu1NnjickBNrlVOJ45zUCv9WEwkB7jnuqW1calWlp41iLkmvte3U ZK1lCG3kf/2gBpr9EudyTjtCeCsB9jq/mhgD8GaQjBAaqUir1s25jB9wb1bqnhwlEd Aa+ijBygkAvGfAjUGXaF7XvhUJym/nP/qyG3t3VQ= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from longitude ([37.201.214.162]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx005 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MlNpH-1jtzVW2Dld-00lons; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:39:31 +0100 Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 15:39:26 +0100 From: Jonathan =?utf-8?Q?Neusch=C3=A4fer?= To: Amy Parker Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Directory category for accessory drivers Message-ID: <20201106143926.GA446547@latitude> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:MvSaDfRoFhxKU6lSSLLZ5+xv3t1hX6BYExaz1XciTGOCMPmTssG d5lbe3t9WmKI0mHmkiCAhqJ17+vro4Px+jeNmNqJnCuiPnJTvVtdFEzQsFbZIuC9/1gG1EM 5/sNOUSjOZmKN2j79HFQAA/+v+ZClco/GTBUyyoNjq8AtRGSbqnkpnAr+c9HiwVCUpS+YKz O+2gK0RXeF2W7EVLL3arQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:L/rIqHQN9BY=:iz7vcbO26gGhp1/4RRYRn0 zj/E9FtHOXsKIZgnr4lETb7bl/Xc7czBuZBZ6OMVFht+N7LsK98thDkiMPhU7y4kM1216Ih1M pYWhaPLzASlroZRPF4aaNvXzkK+RDNLiGlARi+ANFPHebPsvxO5lFFvAVWFCfqw5OffeiVnd7 v8kt8ODubmVr82JB1mpy3w2aAFM83Dw9kECGIpPECl4o7t9qYAVJG1F7IruLn+Hkj2/fUm7In xNXyxTnvGA0eHzLbFkbQx5izbdFT/3jjwuxgSkxTsdulIsvSeha40s4S22j3U7XKB1UXc4Nzq dkZ3U9beTFkUXKbvSrHvMjIZlOSAbjlh1kYhfjMFswlxS3iMuquOU6/5+NpR27IO0GYBd78fH zU9jH/dkV0IPle2lRv9rtT55Hg5jZum4kgGk1WElwm4XPqYo/Fjbc3uRXzJcqRGOqqQ67YB/3 RBJAaK/n7IP3fpmitBGAC+3+QXwWm+H6/UcU8DaD9GyhKIrGVEmFAklASNAFGlBJIoZWmshHV 2mMvJF5CWOK9VY1R5dBKfodi9fDYtxqgWFb5Pvwf8hkmgyozWTYZXrLX5xUVEtaD2d3VQK7v1 Ft6ql2c0hoINjQwjM9eejmuKJXGC9a8f01INyuRrlDPZndEBapACZiyN1h/rX6/zGHc343gtK RQgEkqRAomosykumsbiBrHRDXSqIx3YHj2/M3mYVJniqY7waufb4f65Z3D2XPyMLbrCIh1NSU cXgYxQhKyqudJYLNlYhugitUQhDve+BuFrJMsZxGqLKemSDWfF7mWqa2YTvbPx4h9ewDo5RSi VuBqheSItx9GDOtsjAlUMi/MPJqCPAyNQhYxzlmKwJoiWK4WsVmMjl+5a2aJyowEyRicz7tfR B/ylzJRdZr6Dm9Rqb3Piw06vRAQfIKeGPZail8zSs= Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 01:41:59PM -0800, Amy Parker wrote: > I'm currently working on improving some accessory drivers to hopefully > submit to a future kernel tree. The drivers are assorted for headphones, > mice, keyboards, and other assorted accessories. Which driver category > or folder would this fall under, or would they require their own new fold= er > on the drivers/ folder level? If such is the case, what should said folder > be entitled? Drivers are more or less organized by functionality. Keyboard and mouse drivers are generally in drivers/input, but also in drivers/hid, if the device follows the HID protocol. Headphone drivers - I'm not sure, it depends on what kind of input and output the headphone does. As far as I'm aware there's not really a subsystem or directory for all accessories, because they can have vastly different functionality. I hope this helps, Jonathan Neusch=C3=A4fer >=20 > Best regards, > Amy Parker > Please refer to me using singular they/them/theirs pronouns. --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEvHAHGBBjQPVy+qvDCDBEmo7zX9sFAl+lYBYACgkQCDBEmo7z X9vAMQ/+M9tP05goUoN7YQNH91HXpmBUjv3EjVVd9zNzKvjj/6CnVnUYSk2B1Qow M68zyq6IDEtDyPVFXrLazvoH6WE1GaarlHA+GMVbdKLrjJNhWyiyuKJRt9yPM0kT E3gjkgRotSw2nB7Z57n96+oIIBMTbPltfzoFqZlZ9CS4vSUQ/npBAIFtwdcJWgum 6iXyEb+qzOsak9dxf5wawO3lQBzJG/wHV9IwaNfBPMvlhoRUslpwVDcYRcJX+pNP Zu2qnH2mSzbuf1hvDZLXPyeFcn7zeY2h2kjPpDpmujBbWNI5YAoL0ztM34yLBmSW +/nx3TEaQ/08phcB9S9MD2MuGulpaFXW9or4Uvzgae63QBm5n2hTaCiUKyClGxl5 GE0w3RvvQ9r8iJnNUh7MemGWkNh3eOMzpCA/gI2X8D878Aru7PaOVOMTw46z90Y0 dabyWNKcylL8NeWrhuXS+HgZex4Ik8z2FmuLksfRBlNH0XuiNU6qLocnt7QzAWUh abD8X+nRZuubRcwTboH4htPbT2jcBu3gRuUngNCQqPe01CrWDvqUQmfCeaWVAuwo ohJHAaegKCuB2KYPWk6tsWPT/yKwTFQq+TKBgzammUMXuaVTc8+HCNiaBbEmzpou yeP4yHadqSdZmELSv0DH6advZzsjkBxzl4DdfFxjhzbAx4ZEmdI= =ZgpK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3--