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

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 22:00:27 +0200
From:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>,
	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, May 15, 2012 at 12:27:05PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 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/?

I understood it as it was only iio core which was moving out of staging
in 3.5, but I see now that some drivers have been added directly to
driver/iio. My mistake.

I'll make sure to move it to drivers/iio/light.

Thanks for pointing it out,
Johan
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