linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] adxl345 accelerometer hwmon driver

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Date:	Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:13:10 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	"Chris Verges" <chrisv@...erswitching.com>
Cc:	"Jonathan Cameron" <jic23@....ac.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] adxl345 accelerometer hwmon driver

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:19:02 -0700, Chris Verges wrote:
> > What are you actually doing with it?  If you aren't doing hardware
> > monitoring then I would expect you aren't going to receive a
> > favourable response on here.
> 
> The ADXL345 is a 3D accelerometer.  It's very similar to the following
> chips already in the HWMON section of the kernel:
> 
>    - SENSORS_LIS3LV02D
>    - SENSORS_APPLESMC
> 
> The driver provides 3D axis data when the user polls the chip via the
> sysfsinterface.

A few accelerometer drivers were originally added to drivers/hwmon
because the chips also included some hwmon features (e.g. temperature
sensor.) Now every new accelerometer driver gets dropped in
drivers/hwmon "because there are other accelerometer drivers there".
The LIS3LV02D driver is a perfect example of this... the device is not
even registered as a hwmon driver! This driver definitely doesn't
belong there.

Probably it's about time to put an end to this and kick all
accelerometer drivers out of drivers/hwmon.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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