Re: [PATCH 0/6] auxdisplay: Add support for the Titanmec TM1628 7 segment display controller

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 19.02.2022 14:27, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 2:13 PM Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> This series adds support for the Titanmec TM1628 7 segment display
>> controller. It's based on previous RFC work from Andreas Färber.
>> The RFC version placed the driver in the LED subsystem, but this was
>> NAK'ed by the LED maintainer. Therefore I moved the driver to
>> /drivers/auxdisplay what seems most reasonable to me.
> 
> Could you please link to the discussion and/or summarize the rationale
> behind the NAK?
> 

+Pavel

I didn't find an explicit reason, but I suppose Pavel sees this driver as
one that makes use of the LED subsystem, but doesn't belong to it.
In the following mail he's expressing his opinion that the driver should
be best placed under auxdisplay.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200226130300.GB2800@xxxxxxxxxx/

> Cheers,
> Miguel

Heiner