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 <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 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.
I decided to put it there because of
config SENSORS_APPLESMC
tristate "Apple SMC (Motion sensor, light sensor, keyboard
backlight)"
> I think we need a new subsystem for light sensors. drivers/light maybe?
> Or maybe this fits into Jonathan Cameron's industrial I/O subsystem.
> Jonathan, what do you think? If not, maybe a more general subsystem for
> various sensor types (light, pressure, noise, whatever.)
>
> Me, I don't really care where these drivers go as long as it's not in
> drivers/i2c/chips.
I don't care eighter - who's deciding it then? Just let me know where
you want it and I'll post a new patch.
Thanks,
Daniel
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