linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] misc : ROHM BH1780GLI Ambient light sensor Driver

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:29:45 +0530
From:	"Hemanth V" <hemanthv@...com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Jonathan Cameron" <kernel@...23.retrosnub.co.uk>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Mack" <daniel@...aq.de>,
	"Jonathan Cameron" <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	"Wolfram Sang" <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] misc : ROHM BH1780GLI Ambient light sensor Driver

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: "Jonathan Cameron" <kernel@...23.retrosnub.co.uk>
Cc: "Hemanth V" <hemanthv@...com>; <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>; 
<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>; "Daniel Mack" <daniel@...aq.de>; "Jonathan 
Cameron" <jic23@....ac.uk>; "Wolfram Sang" <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] misc : ROHM BH1780GLI Ambient light sensor Driver


> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:39:10 +0100
> Jonathan Cameron <kernel@...23.retrosnub.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > It would be most useful if the changelog were to fully describe the
>> > proposed kernel<->userspace interface.  That's the most important part
>> > of the driver, because it's the only part we can never change.
>> >
>> > There is a desultory effort to maintain sysfs API descriptions under
>> > Documentation/ABI/.  I'd have thought that it would be appropriate to
>> > document this driver's ABI in there.
>> Agreed, but we get back to the debate of what we should standardise on.
>
> I'd suggest standardising on one of the existing drivers.  That way we
> have two compliant drivers and only need to change (n-2) others.  If we
> pick some new standard then we need to change (n) drivers.
>

Currently this driver follows the same sysfs convention as supported
by isl29003.c in drivers/misc. 

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