On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 11:19:22AM +0100, Roland Stigge wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've written a driver for the Maxim MAX517/MAX518/MAX519 1/2-channel >> DAC. See also the branch "max51x" of repository linux-2.6 at >> git.antcom.de (alternatively the patch at >> http://www.rolandstigge.de/dp/download/patches/max51x.patch). >> >> It's currently located in drivers/misc/max51x.c, implemented similarly >> to the other drivers like e.g. ti_dac7512.c. The hwmon maintainer >> pointed me to drivers/staging/iio/. >> >> Is it advisible now to port the driver to drivers/staging/iio or keep it >> in drivers/misc? Where should I forward the code/patch for Linux >> integration? > > It's best to convert to the iio subsystem, as that is the way to go in > the future.
Is it really a good idea to convert existing non-staging drivers to a framework still in staging?! > > As for where to send patches for it, send them here, and cc: the iio > developers and me and we will be glad to comment on them and apply them > to the kernel tree for submission to Linus's tree. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
