From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755516Ab0CISVp (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:21:45 -0500 Received: from mail-yw0-f189.google.com ([209.85.211.189]:61861 "EHLO mail-yw0-f189.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751209Ab0CISVn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:21:43 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xmitC0GKj4mSccBgTbyuXAIgZUFm27jjJ/i/pPca2Jygii5Jw744DseRWlA7mmvE57 Hc3UwjwOsELTitNJ0sNt15EkxlO3qn1wWdQzDBCXEZ5Z9clpNU78xoiAL1mOfreROzyc hH4ZxdNk3y9gnvcYiuhnk+I8y6GiORoG8CT6Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4B9690F8.1080804@cam.ac.uk> References: <20100301080342.GH765@core.coreip.homeip.net> <8bd0f97a1003090644p19fb7dacqe1f2fb3adee3fa7a@mail.gmail.com> <20100309175107.GB23378@core.coreip.homeip.net> <8bd0f97a1003090958i741f4ffm3528450e89089e9@mail.gmail.com> <4B9690F8.1080804@cam.ac.uk> From: Mike Frysinger Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:21:22 -0500 Message-ID: <8bd0f97a1003091021u717fb87jf3e32c7258ee4011@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc0 To: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Michael Hennerich , Robin Getz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 13:18, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On 03/09/10 17:58, 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 >> >> 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 ? > > Perhaps whilst this remains in debate it might merge under misc, or > even staging temporarily.  That would avoid setting a precedent for > putting them in input.  I personally agree with Dmitry's wish to > avoid feature drift in input, but then we don't have anything else ready > for the big time.  Under staging the entire TODO list would be along > lines of awaiting a suitable framework...  This is effectively what > is going to happen to the various Ambient Light sensor drivers for > pretty much the same reason (see responses to our recent pull request). > > We certainly want to be careful not to loose good drivers like this > and also to make them available to those who wish to use them. i dont have any problems with where exactly the driver gets merged, or if we have a goal we're working towards (in terms of a "better" place). but drivers sitting in perpetual limbo sucks. -mike