From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755422Ab0CISUY (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:20:24 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f213.google.com ([209.85.220.213]:62104 "EHLO mail-fx0-f213.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751209Ab0CISUV (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:20:21 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=ECOWV5htp9YLbAYZ2/Mgpo6X7RD2Mqtf1ZgO73TE5rSo9wVg7FEX+3dc2gIjs5RlMD 3iB0n+9Hi8WU7fxs6JL+kAljmev/FA/x8i738cyFBMIgIYat4oG3HRRo9C1EaEHJofkM Lb4bhiUvcrqpKdgFOVSuKisSb8eSh1B6+MZJM= Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:20:13 -0800 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Mike Frysinger Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Michael Hennerich , Robin Getz Subject: Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc0 Message-ID: <20100309182013.GC19814@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <20100301080342.GH765@core.coreip.homeip.net> <8bd0f97a1003090644p19fb7dacqe1f2fb3adee3fa7a@mail.gmail.com> <20100309175107.GB23378@core.coreip.homeip.net> <8bd0f97a1003090958i741f4ffm3528450e89089e9@mail.gmail.com> <20100309181037.GB19814@core.coreip.homeip.net> <8bd0f97a1003091013q565f8b1bse66b48d9c9a25600@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <8bd0f97a1003091013q565f8b1bse66b48d9c9a25600@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 01:13:34PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 13:10, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 12:58:24PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:51, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > >> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 09:44:08AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 03:03, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > >> >> > Hi Linus, > >> >> > > >> >> > Please pull from: > >> >> > > >> >> >        git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus > >> >> > or > >> >> >        master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus > >> >> > > >> >> > to receive first round of updates for the input subsystem. > >> >> > >> >> i'm trying to figure out what the problem is with the ADXL34x and > >> >> AD714x drivers you seem to have accepted (at least, you didnt say > >> >> there was anything left for us to do).  i would have expected them to > >> >> be in 2.6.33/2.6.34 already, but it seems they arent moving now.  so > >> >> what's up ? > >> > > >> > I am still spooked by the fact that this is an accelerometer and does > >> > not have to be an input device but maybe used for different purposes as > >> > well. > >> > >> the AD714x is not an accelerometer, it's a capacitance touch sensor > >> > > > > OK, will dig it up. > > thanks > > >> i understand the ADXL34x is a bit wonky, but what else would you > >> propose ?  or just leave the driver in limbo forever until people > >> forget about it ? > > > > No, just till we have proper framework for it to be merged into. > > that sounds fine, but is there actually something in progress for that > ? waiting for a framework no one is working on is the same in > practice ... I have high hopes that IIO will fill the needs of these kinds of devices. -- Dmitry