linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: apds990x: move header file out of I2C realm

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 08:23:40 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: apds990x: move header file out of I2C realm


> The one reason I can think of for removing them is that we don't
> want ambient light sensor drivers in drivers/misc any more and
> instead of adding DT probing code would also expect new users to
> migrate to drivers/iio/light/, which already has drivers for
> apds9300 and apds9960 but not apds990x, as well as bh1750 and
> bh1780 but not bh1770.

Yes, I totally agree!


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