Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc0

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 13:18, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 03/09/10 17:58, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:51, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 09:44:08AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 03:03, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>>>> Hi Linus,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please pull from:
>>>>>
>>>>> Â Â Â Âgit://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus
>>>>> or
>>>>> Â Â Â Âmaster.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus
>>>>>
>>>>> to receive first round of updates for the input subsystem.
>>>>
>>>> i'm trying to figure out what the problem is with the ADXL34x and
>>>> AD714x drivers you seem to have accepted (at least, you didnt say
>>>> there was anything left for us to do). Âi would have expected them to
>>>> be in 2.6.33/2.6.34 already, but it seems they arent moving now. Âso
>>>> what's up ?
>>>
>>> I am still spooked by the fact that this is an accelerometer and does
>>> not have to be an input device but maybe used for different purposes as
>>> well.
>>
>> the AD714x is not an accelerometer, it's a capacitance touch sensor
>>
>> i understand the ADXL34x is a bit wonky, but what else would you
>> propose ? Âor just leave the driver in limbo forever until people
>> forget about it ?
>
> Perhaps whilst this remains in debate it might merge under misc, or
> even staging temporarily. ÂThat would avoid setting a precedent for
> putting them in input. ÂI personally agree with Dmitry's wish to
> avoid feature drift in input, but then we don't have anything else ready
> for the big time. ÂUnder staging the entire TODO list would be along
> lines of awaiting a suitable framework... ÂThis is effectively what
> is going to happen to the various Ambient Light sensor drivers for
> pretty much the same reason (see responses to our recent pull request).
>
> We certainly want to be careful not to loose good drivers like this
> and also to make them available to those who wish to use them.

i dont have any problems with where exactly the driver gets merged, or
if we have a goal we're working towards (in terms of a "better"
place).  but drivers sitting in perpetual limbo sucks.
-mike
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