linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Driver for as1531, Austria-Microsystem Analog to Digital Converter.

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Message-ID: <4DD23EED.4010201@cam.ac.uk>
Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 10:25:01 +0100
From:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
To:	fabien.marteau@...adeus.com
CC:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>,
	"khali@...ux-fr.org" <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Driver for as1531, Austria-Microsystem Analog
 to Digital Converter.

On 05/17/11 08:06, Fabien Marteau wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
> Thanks for the review.
> 
> On 16/05/2011 17:39, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 09:39:14AM -0400, fabien.marteau@...adeus.com wrote:
>>> From: Fabien Marteau <fabien.marteau@...adeus.com>
>>>
>>>
>> Some description, such as "Dhis driver adds support for xxx" would be nice.
>>
>> Also, I wonder if this driver belongs into hwmon in the first place. It is
>> a generic ADC chip with high conversion rate. iio would probably be more
>> appropriate and also much better in supporting high speed readings.
> I provided this driver "as is" because it's a driver that work well on
> our platform. I thought that iio was not stable enough driver framework
> to be used.
> I can rewrite it under iio framework but I have no time for this moment
> to do that. You think it's better to wait for an iio driver or to
> continue commiting this ?
I'd say that if you primary use is hwmon, put it there for now and we can think
about moving it at a later date depending on how people are actually using it.
Guenter, would that be ok for you?
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