linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LIS3LV02Dx Accelerometer driver (take 4)

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Message-ID: <20081023082443.GA1821@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:24:43 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Eric Piel <eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yan Burman <burman.yan@...il.com>,
	Pau Oliva Fora <pau@...ack.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LIS3LV02Dx Accelerometer driver (take 4)

On Thu 2008-10-23 10:11:16, Eric Piel wrote:
> Len Brown schreef:
> >> +static struct acpi_device_id lis3lv02d_device_ids[] = {
> >> +       {"HPQ0004", 0}, /* HP Mobile Data Protection System PNP */
> > 
> > Has HP provided any documentation or engineering support
> > to help support this work?
> Not to my knowledge. Ironically, one of the laptops supported, the HP
> 2133, is even sold with Linux pre-installed!

Actually, they did promise some docs/support to me, but Eric was just
too fast ;-). 

> > Note that other laptop drivers that utilize vendor-specific
> > ACPI hooks tend to live under drivers/misc -- for lack
> > of a better home.
> Yes, this could be also a place for the driver, but as all the other
> accelerometer drivers are currently in hwmon, it was decided to put it
> there as well. The plan is to move them to their own subsystem once a
> accelerometer subsystem is agreed on (Jonathan Cameron is working on
> this, with industrialio).

ACK. hdaps is in hwmon, too.
									Pavel
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