linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] Introducing the Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) class

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Date:	Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:00:05 +0200
From:	Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...durent.com>
To:	rui.zhang@...el.com
Cc:	List Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jic23@....ac.uk,
	alan@...ux.intel.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] Introducing the Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) class

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:50:23 +0200, Amit Kucheria wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Amit Kucheria
>> <amit.kucheria@...durent.com> wrote:
>> > Introduce a new class of devices to handle ambient light sensors. Currently
>> > only one sysfs inteface, 'illuminance' is introduced. More will be added as
>> > drivers are ported to use this new class.
>> >
>> > Amit Kucheria (1):
>> >  als: add unique device-ids to the als device class
>> >
>> > Zhang Rui (1):
>> >  introduce ALS sysfs class
>> >
>> >  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-als |    9 ++
>> >  MAINTAINERS                               |    6 ++
>> >  drivers/Kconfig                           |    2 +
>> >  drivers/Makefile                          |    1 +
>> >  drivers/als/Kconfig                       |   10 +++
>> >  drivers/als/Makefile                      |    5 +
>> >  drivers/als/als_sys.c                     |  116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >  include/linux/als_sys.h                   |   35 +++++++++
>> >  8 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-als
>> >  create mode 100644 drivers/als/Kconfig
>> >  create mode 100644 drivers/als/Makefile
>> >  create mode 100644 drivers/als/als_sys.c
>> >  create mode 100644 include/linux/als_sys.h
>> >
>>
>> (Bump)
>>
>> Is there any blocker to adding this for 2.6.33?
>
> As far as I am concerned, it's ready to go. And I would love to see it
> in 2.6.33.
>
>> Which maintainer will pick up the ALS framework?
>
> As Rui volunteered to be the maintainer of this new subsystem, it would
> seem fair that he takes care of the initial push as well.

Rui,

Not sure about the LKML netiquette here, but I could track this patchset to
get it merged. Let me know.

Regards,
Amit
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