linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] gnss: add new GNSS subsystem

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 21:32:26 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        alan@...ux.intel.com, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "H . Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.co.uk>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] gnss: add new GNSS subsystem

On Fri 2018-06-29 14:09:14, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 02:05:54PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Fri 2018-06-29 13:46:46, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:46:07AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > > Finally, note that documentation (including kerneldoc) remains to be
> > > > > > written, but hopefully this will not hinder review given that the
> > > > > > current interfaces are fairly self-describing.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This all looks great.  Thanks for doing this work and adding a new
> > > > > subsystem for something that has been asked for for many years.
> > > > > 
> > > > > All now merged in my tree, nice job!
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think discussion was finished on this one.
> > > > 
> > > > In particular, we agreed that /dev/gnssrawX would be better device
> > > > name, so that we still have place where to put proper abstraction
> > > > layer in future.
> > > 
> > > I did not agree with you on that. I said we could consider that name if
> > > this was to be changed at all, which I do not think is necessary for
> > > the reasons spelled out in this thread.
> > 
> > So, again: there's nothing gnss specific in those patches. It does not
> > know about the format of the data passed around. (Best you can claim
> > that somehow data flow characteristics are unique to gnss.) And this
> > takes namespace needed for real gnss subsystem. Please don't do it.
> 
> This is the real gnss subsystem. Get over it.

Congratulations. You have created gnss subsystem that has 0 lines of
code that are gnss-specific.

This is not real gnss subsystem. This is pipe that passes data,
similar to /dev/psaux or mouse on /dev/ttyS0. Sooner or later, real
gnss subsystem (with unified interface) will be needed, as it was for
input, and this "pipe and gpio" thing should not hog required
namespace.

								Pavel
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