From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752970Ab0CEHiz (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Mar 2010 02:38:55 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f219.google.com ([209.85.220.219]:35855 "EHLO mail-fx0-f219.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752393Ab0CEHiy (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Mar 2010 02:38:54 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:38:50 +0200 From: Amit Kucheria To: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Dima Zavin , Jonathan Cameron , LKML Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Ambient Light Sensors subsystem Message-ID: <20100305073850.GA20980@matterhorn.verdurent.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jonathan Cameron , Dima Zavin , Jonathan Cameron , LKML References: <4B8C1867.7040201@cam.ac.uk> <404ea8001003022213v78be2c81r40504661835fff7e@mail.gmail.com> <20100303184132.GA11471@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20100303190753.GB11471@core.coreip.homeip.net> <4B8EB99F.4080104@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B8EB99F.4080104@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> X-URL: http://www.verdurent.com/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 10 Mar 03, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > > > I was hoping IIO would fill the niche of framework for generic data > > acquisition devices, regardless of how fast or slow they are. > We are working on it, but unfortunately the 'fast' end of the scale is > making it rather complex beast and there is still a fair bit of work > to be done before we suggest merging into the main tree. We allow > for 'simple' drivers that do have very similar functionality to ALS as > proposed. (i.e. they just handle some sysfs interfaces and device > registration). > > I certainly have no objection to taking light sensors back into IIO. > (one never moved out!) Obviously I'll want opinions from the individual I suspect you are pointing to the tsl2563 driver here. It's rework (iio->als) has been languishing in my tasklist for a couple of months now. I haven't had time for testing. I guess I'll wait some more to see where this discussion goes. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amit Kucheria, Kernel Developer, Verdurent -------------------------------------------------------------------------