HI On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Lutz <linsenhof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > here is a (rather sad) story about my first linux device driver > implementation. I needed a driver for a watchdog timer chip which wasn't > included in the kernel tree some months ago. How great i thought! The > exciting opportunity to have my own code included in the mighty linux > kernel! Of course it took some time until a well tested patch was ready > to be reviewed. Just to be sure i downloaded the latest kernel release > candidate and applied the patch once more. At least i intended to. But > with a look at the latest changelog i had to painfully realize that it > was of no use because suddenly a driver was there :-(. > > Two questions: > > 1. i'm wondering if there is a way to avoid situations like this. Can't > expect every new implementation efforts to be announced on the kernel > mailing list, can i? > > 2. my driver utilizes a sysfs interface which works fine and in my > opinion offers some advantages. Thus it doesn't conform to > Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt (which i considered to be sort > of a guideline) Do you think this were acceptable even if quite every > watchdog driver i had a look at implements watchdog-api? > > Thanks a lot! > > Lutz > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > Great to hear that you develop a new driver, The only way i know of how to check if some one else is working on an specific driver is in the main mailing list of the kernel, check it every day looking for something similar to your work, but do not thing is a useless work; send the patch to the main list and that every body check it, if the performance is better is a very god way to improve the kernel, thats what all of us are looking for. Victor Rodriguez -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
