linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 resend 6/6] Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.

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Message-ID: <20120420171534.GA29519@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:15:34 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arve Hjønnevag <arve@...roid.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Morten CHRISTIANSEN <morten.christiansen@...ricsson.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, myungjoo.ham@...il.com,
	cw00.choi@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 resend 6/6] Documentation/extcon: porting guide for
 Android kernel switch driver.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 06:05:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:25:29AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > Ok, I've applied this, but I don't know if we really need this in the
> > kernel tree.  How many out-of-tree android switch drivers are there?
> > Who needs to know this information?
> 
> Every phone with a headset jack will have at least one switch if it's
> running on Android.  People doing system integration will generally need
> to know about this, at least until we've got the ALSA detection stuff
> integrated with extcon.

Ok, but where are those drivers at?  Any pointers to them so I can start
sucking them into the tree and doing this conversion?

Is this, and the wakelock stuff, holding back a torrent of drivers to be
submitted somewhere?  Or are they buried in vendor trees, never to be
seen?

thanks,

greg k-h
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