From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261195AbVGYWI5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:08:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261207AbVGYWI4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:08:56 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:23968 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261195AbVGYWHi (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:07:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:07:29 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: dtor_core@ameritech.net, rpurdie@rpsys.net, lenz@cs.wisc.edu, kernel list , vojtech@suse.cz Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Touchscreen support for sharp sl-5500 Message-ID: <20050725220729.GG8684@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050722180109.GA1879@elf.ucw.cz> <20050724174756.A20019@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20050725045607.GA1851@elf.ucw.cz> <20050725165014.B7629@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20050725171311.D7629@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050725171311.D7629@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > The problem is that the parent doesn't actually know how many > > > devices to create nor what to call them, and they're logically > > > indistinguishable from each other so there's no logical naming > > > system. > > > > Then we should probably not try to force them into driver model. Have > > parent device register struct device and when sub-drivers register > > they could attach class devices (like input devices) directly to the > > "main" device thus hiding presence of sub-sections of the chip from > > sysfs completely. My point is that we should not be using > > class_interface here - its purpose is diferent. > > If you look at _my_ version, you'll notice that it doesn't use the > class interface stuff. A previous version of it did, and this seems > to be what the collie stuff is based upon. > > What I suggest is that the collie folk need to update their driver > to my version so that we don't have two different forks of the same Yep, will do, and sorry for the confusion. Pavel -- teflon -- maybe it is a trademark, but it should not be.