On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 03:22 +0800, Alan Jenkins wrote: > On 9/1/09, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Introduce ALS sysfs class. > > > > ALS sysfs class provides a standard sysfs interface for > > Ambient Light Sensor devices. > > > > please read Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-als for > > detailed sysfs designs. > > > > CC: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/als/Kconfig > > @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ > > +# > > +# Ambient Light Sensor sysfs device configuration > > +# > > + > > +menuconfig ALS > > + tristate "Ambient Light Sensor sysfs device" > > + help > > + This framework provides a generic sysfs interface for > > + Ambient Light Sensor devices. > > + If you want this support, you should say Y or M here. > > Gratuitous nitpick: > Can this option be made non-visible (or hidden behind CONFIG_EMBEDDED)? > > Maybe you copied the pattern of the thermal sysfs interface - but the > ACPI thermal driver is useful to keep your computer cool even without > the sysfs interface. ALS drivers are useless without the sysfs > interface, no? > ACPI ALS device driver is the first user of this sysfs class. I think there will be more native ALS device drivers in the future, which locate at drivers/als/ and depends on CONFIG_ALS. thanks, rui -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
