Re: IIO driver for si114x

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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Peter, Matt,
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Peter Meerwald-Stadler
> <pmeerw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>> I want to add support for a si1145 light sensor. Some brief googling finds a
>>> bunch of old (2012) patches for an si114x driver in drivers/iio/light. Here's
>>> the link to the old thread:
>>>
>>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.iio/5478
>
> Best option for us here is to send patches based on Peter proposal.
>
>>
>> I have updated sources, not yet posted
>> Matt Ranostay also indicated that he'd be willing to work on the device
>
> Matt did you already have some work on this?
>>
Nope. But I probably can do some Tested-By if I dig out this sensor.

>>> I'm willing to do the work to get support for this in upstream. I guess the
>>> best way to do that would be to apply the most recent source I can find to my
>>> local tree, test it on my device and repost on the list for review, right? I
>>> can't find anything newer than 2012 though.
>>
>> the si114x is a rather complicated device with many controls, for example
>> the output current of the LEDs
>>
>> I think this issue also surfaced for another proximity driver recently...
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