linux-kernel - Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH v2] lis3: Fix Oops with NULL platform data

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:22:01 +0200
From:	Éric Piel <Eric.Piel@...mplin-utc.net>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
CC:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH v2] lis3: Fix Oops with NULL platform data

Op 24-09-10 16:30, Jean Delvare schreef:
> Well, as long as the driver lives in drivers/hwmon and the hwmon
> subsystem is maintained, it seems fair to consider the driver
> maintained.
> 
> That being said, I indeed would like all non-hwmon drivers to go away
> from drivers/hwmon. Originally we were waiting for iio to settle first,
> but apparently this is taking forever. The 4 drivers I would like to
> kick are: ams, hdaps, lis3lv02d and applesmc. They are primarily
> accelerometer device drivers. Not sure where to put them,
> drivers/accel(erometer), drivers/misc, drivers/misc/accel(erometer),
> drivers/input/accel(erometer)... Opinions welcome.
As maintainer of the lis3lv02d driver, I'd completely support the move too.

IMHO, an accelerometer is just another input device (usually with 2 or 3
axes), so moving them to drivers/input/accel would make sense.

Eric
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/