Re: [PATCH 6/8] tsl2563: move tsl2563 to drivers/hwmon

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On Tuesday 14 October 2008, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> 
> > Nack. Light sensors have nothing to do with hardware monitoring.
> > 
> > The only light sensor driver in the kernel tree at the moment
> > is drivers/i2c/chips/tsl2550.c. But I'm not very happy with this
> > either, as my ultimate goal is to delete the drivers/i2c/chips
> > directory completely. So we should find a new home for light sensors.
> 
> and that's why I'm moving nokia drivers out of drivers/i2c/chips
> directory.
> 
> > Maybe they should go into the new "industrial I/O" subsystem. Or if
> > not, their own drivers/sensors/light directory.
> 
> Well, could be. We might need someone else, like Andrew, to answer that
> question.

My two cents:  leave them where they are until a "good" answer exists.
Or if drivers/i2c/chips is sufficiently annoying ... drivers/misc may
be a good interim site.

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