On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 04:51:34AM +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> 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?! Yes. A number of drivers have already been converted in this manner and are merged in the tree that way. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
