From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261244AbVGXRIG (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:08:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261219AbVGXRIG (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:08:06 -0400 Received: from chretien.genwebhost.com ([209.59.175.22]:41624 "EHLO chretien.genwebhost.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261244AbVGXRHt (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:07:49 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:07:33 -0700 From: randy_dunlap To: Russell King Cc: pavel@suse.cz, rpurdie@rpsys.net, lenz@cs.wisc.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Touchscreen support for sharp sl-5500 Message-Id: <20050724100733.3b363599.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20050724174756.A20019@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20050722180109.GA1879@elf.ucw.cz> <20050724174756.A20019@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ClamAntiVirus-Scanner: This mail is clean X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - chretien.genwebhost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - xenotime.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:47:56 +0100 Russell King wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 08:01:09PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > This adds support for reading ADCs (etc), neccessary to operate touch > > screen on Sharp Zaurus sl-5500. > > I would like to know what the diffs are between my version (attached) > and this version before they get applied. > > The only reason my version has not been submitted is because it lives > in the drivers/misc directory, and mainline kernel folk don't like > drivers which clutter up that directory. In fact, I had been told > that drivers/misc should remain completely empty - which makes this > set of miscellaneous drivers homeless. but clearly drivers/misc/ is not empty, unless you mean at its top level. The IBM ASM service processor driver is there (added in 2.6.x) as well as some hdpuftrs/ driver, which is not in any Kconfig file or defconfig file. :( --- ~Randy