Hi Daniel, On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:00:42 +0100, Daniel Mack wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 09:48:57AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:57:28 +0100, Daniel Mack wrote: > > > This patch adds a driver for Intersil's ISL29003 ambient light sensor > > > device plus some documentation. Inspired by tsl2550.c, a driver for a > > > similar device. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > Moved the driver to drivers/hwmon > > > > > > Documentation/hwmon/isl29003 | 62 +++++ > > > drivers/hwmon/Kconfig | 10 + > > > drivers/hwmon/Makefile | 1 + > > > drivers/hwmon/isl29003.c | 517 > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > 4 files changed, 590 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > create mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/isl29003 > > > create mode 100644 drivers/hwmon/isl29003.c > > > > Still no luck, sorry. Light sensors have nothing to do with hardware > > monitoring. > > Sorry to annoy you again with that topic, but I'm a little stuck here. > The 'industrial I/O' thread I was pointed to seems to be orphaned and I > didn't get much response on the LKML about alternatives either.
Sorry for the long silence, I have been pretty busy these last days, and was also hopping for a comment from Jonathan. The industrial I/O subsystem isn't orphaned, I am fairly certain it will be merged some day, but it could take some time. > As hwmon still appears the best existing place for such a driver to live > in, could we just take it and move it somewhere else as soon somebody > comes along with some better idea? I'd just like to avoid it being lost, > and every other approach does not feel very productive currently. I agree that it doesn't make sense to wait for the industrial I/O subsystem to be merged. But I also do not want to put in drivers/hwmon drivers which do not really belong there. So I'd either go the way you proposed already (drivers/sensors for non-hwmon sensor drivers) or simply put your driver in drivers/misc if this is only meant as a temporary home until the industrial I/O subsystem is merged. -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
