Re: Sensors and the input layer (was Re: [RFC] [PATCH V2 1/2]input: CMA3000 Accelerometer driver)

From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue Aug 31 2010 - 05:29:25 EST


> IIO which is currently in staging.

Except we had ALS before that as a layer and Linus vetoed it. So there is
zero faith in IIO ever going anywhere.

Instead we now have about ten different light sensor APIs to the point
developers are writing a toolkit userspace plugin for *each* sensor.
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