linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] iio: add LM3533 ambient-light-sensor driver

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Message-Id: <20120515122705.42461e7e.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 12:27:05 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
Cc:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iio: add LM3533 ambient-light-sensor driver

On Tue, 15 May 2012 18:46:36 +0200
Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com> wrote:

> Add sub-driver for the ambient-light-sensor interface on National
> Semiconductor / TI LM3533 lighting power chips.
> 
> The sensor interface can be used to control the LEDs and backlights of
> the chip through defining five light zones and three sets of
> corresponding brightness target levels.
> 
> The driver provides raw and mean adc readings along with the current
> light zone through sysfs. A threshold event can be generated on zone
> changes.
>
> ...
>
>  drivers/staging/iio/light/Kconfig                  |   16 +
>  drivers/staging/iio/light/Makefile                 |    1 +
>  drivers/staging/iio/light/lm3533-als.c             |  726 ++++++++++++++++++++

Why is this aimed at drivers/staging/, rather than directly into
drivers/iio/?

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