Re: GPS driver for Linux - kernel or user-space driver?

2013-04-04 Thread Mika Westerberg
(Adding Lv, he has been working on this). On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 06:44:51PM -0700, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I've been approached by a developer at Sony who wants to publish an > open source driver for a Sony GPS receiver module. > >>> > >>> What does the device look like?

Re: GPS driver for Linux - kernel or user-space driver?

2013-04-03 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 06:44:51PM -0700, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I've been approached by a developer at Sony who wants to publish an > open source driver for a Sony GPS receiver module. > >>> > >>> What does the device look like? USB device? UART? Something else? > >>>

Re: GPS driver for Linux - kernel or user-space driver?

2013-04-03 Thread Marcel Holtmann
Hi Greg, I've been approached by a developer at Sony who wants to publish an open source driver for a Sony GPS receiver module. >>> >>> What does the device look like? USB device? UART? Something else? >>> I've looked in the kernel source, and only see one standalone GPS d

Re: GPS driver for Linux - kernel or user-space driver?

2013-04-03 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 06:12:42PM -0700, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Greg, > > >> I've been approached by a developer at Sony who wants to publish an > >> open source driver for a Sony GPS receiver module. > > > > What does the device look like? USB device? UART? Something else? > > > >> I'v

Re: GPS driver for Linux - kernel or user-space driver?

2013-04-03 Thread Marcel Holtmann
Hi Greg, >> I've been approached by a developer at Sony who wants to publish an >> open source driver for a Sony GPS receiver module. > > What does the device look like? USB device? UART? Something else? > >> I've looked in the kernel source, and only see one standalone GPS >> driver, for Gar

Re: GPS driver for Linux - kernel or user-space driver?

2013-04-03 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 05:52:03PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: > I've been approached by a developer at Sony who wants to publish an > open source driver for a Sony GPS receiver module. What does the device look like? USB device? UART? Something else? > I've looked in the kernel source, and only se

GPS driver for Linux - kernel or user-space driver?

2013-04-03 Thread Tim Bird
I've been approached by a developer at Sony who wants to publish an open source driver for a Sony GPS receiver module. I've looked in the kernel source, and only see one standalone GPS driver, for Garmin. It appears that most GPS support in Linux is done via user-space drivers. Many GPS hardware