On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 12:01:57 +0100 Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@xxxxxx> wrote: > On 1/8/19 11:57 AM, Benjamin Gaignard wrote: > > Le mar. 8 janv. 2019 à 01:46, William Breathitt Gray > > <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 02:45:37PM +0100, Patrick Havelange wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I'm in the process of adding a new IIO/counter driver, however I also saw > >>> that there was a work in progress to have a separate counter subsystem ( > >>> https://marc.info/?l=linux-iio&m=153974167727206 ). But it seems there is > >>> no recent progress on it. > >>> What is the state of those patches ? Is it still interesting to develop the > >>> driver as an IIO/counter , or should I use already that new subsystem ? > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> > >>> Patrick Havelange. > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am still open to merging this patchset and maintaining the Counter > >> subsystem. However, I took the lack of response for my latest > >> submission to indicate a loss of interest in this patchset's approach. > >> If there are still people who want this, I can rebase and resend this > >> patchset for submission; the past few versions have primarily been code > >> clarity and documentation changes so I believe the core design itself is > >> somewhat stable now. > >> > >> Just let me know how best to proceed and I shall be happy to oblige -- > >> whether to continue maintaining this patchset or to drop this design in > >> favor of improving the existing IIO Counter code in the kernel. > >> > >> I'll CC those from the patchset submission to keep them in the loop. > > > > I confirm that I still interested to get those patches merged. > > > > Regards, > > Benjamin > Hi, > > Same for me, In a more abstract fashion (I don't have any hardware of this type!) I'm still keen for the counter subsystem to go in. Hopefully, if Greg or anyone else wants to take a detailed look they will have time this cycle to do so. I was pretty happy with the last version I read through. There will always be things to improved, but as long a we are happy with the userspace inteface, the little things can happen later. Jonathan > > Regards, > Fabrice > >> > >> Sincerely, > >> > >> William Breathitt Gray > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> linux-arm-kernel mailing list > >> linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel > > > > > >
