On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 13:18, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On 03/09/10 17:58, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:51, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 09:44:08AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: >>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 03:03, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >>>>> Hi Linus, >>>>> >>>>> Please pull from: >>>>> >>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus >>>>> or >>>>> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus >>>>> >>>>> to receive first round of updates for the input subsystem. >>>> >>>> i'm trying to figure out what the problem is with the ADXL34x and >>>> AD714x drivers you seem to have accepted (at least, you didnt say >>>> there was anything left for us to do). i would have expected them to >>>> be in 2.6.33/2.6.34 already, but it seems they arent moving now. so >>>> what's up ? >>> >>> I am still spooked by the fact that this is an accelerometer and does >>> not have to be an input device but maybe used for different purposes as >>> well. >> >> the AD714x is not an accelerometer, it's a capacitance touch sensor >> >> i understand the ADXL34x is a bit wonky, but what else would you >> propose ? or just leave the driver in limbo forever until people >> forget about it ? > > Perhaps whilst this remains in debate it might merge under misc, or > even staging temporarily. That would avoid setting a precedent for > putting them in input. I personally agree with Dmitry's wish to > avoid feature drift in input, but then we don't have anything else ready > for the big time. Under staging the entire TODO list would be along > lines of awaiting a suitable framework... This is effectively what > is going to happen to the various Ambient Light sensor drivers for > pretty much the same reason (see responses to our recent pull request). > > We certainly want to be careful not to loose good drivers like this > and also to make them available to those who wish to use them. i dont have any problems with where exactly the driver gets merged, or if we have a goal we're working towards (in terms of a "better" place). but drivers sitting in perpetual limbo sucks. -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
