On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:29:50PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 10:33:09 +0530 > Rohit Sarkar <rohitsarkar5398@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 01, 2020 at 02:34:18PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:50:15 +0530 > > > Rohit Sarkar <rohitsarkar5398@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 09:41:37PM +0530, Rohit Sarkar wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am proposing to work on the accelerometer MPU6050 as my primary > > > > > project for the summer. The work items are outlined in [1] thanks to > > > > > Jean. > > > > > If time permits (which it should), I will be picking up other tasks > > > > > outlined in [2] by Jonathan and Alexandru. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would like to hear people's views on this. > > > > > > > > > > [1]: https://marc.info/?l=linux-iio&m=158257639113000&w=2 > > > > > [2]: https://marc.info/?l=linux-iio&m=158261515624212&w=2 > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Rohit > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > would love some feedback on this. > > > > There are no proposals as such on the GSOC IIO page [1]. > > > > Was wondering if there is any new iio driver that can be made into a > > > > gsoc project. > > > > > > Hi Rohit, > > > > > > A couple of questions. Do you have a gsoc mentor lined up? > > > > On the GSOC IIO page (https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/gsoc/2020-gsoc-iio-driver) > > Dragos has been listed as a mentor. Haven't really heard back from him > > yet. > > I would definitely be looking to discuss this with Dragos. > > > > You should discuss a proposal with whoever that is. > > > > > > My gut feeling is that the features suggested by Jean-Baptisite > > > do not form a particularly good focus for the body of a gsoc project. > > > There are too many rather disassociated items, without a connected > > > 'story'. > > > > > > They are good items for getting familiar with the subsystem and > > > a particular driver but for the actual project you probably want > > > something that is more 'yours' in the sense that you drive it from > > > initial prototypes through to final upstream code. > > > > > > Previous projects have (I think) mostly centred on support for a new > > > driver. > > > > Makes sense. Is there any new driver that needs to be added though? And > > if not what else can qualify as a project? > > There might be something, but that sort of project is much harder > to structure than a clear implement something. > > There are always new devices that don't have drivers that someone > is interested in supporting. The main requirement is to find > find something that the mentor things is the right balance of > complex and not too complex to support. > > The link you have above suggests Dragos was thinking of an Analog > devices part (which makes sense given his day job ;) > > You are still fairly early (which is great) so it may well be that > Dragos hasn't yet spun up for this round. > > Jonathan Thanks for getting back! I have indeed reached out to Dragos and it seems the IIO GSOC page has been updated since this mail chain was started. Hijacking this mail thread for another question I had: The page mentions that the recommended hardware is a Raspberry pi model 3 B+, I recently got a RPi 4 model B to facilitate my development in the iio subsystem, will that be fine? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jonathan > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Rohit > Thanks, Rohit
