Re: [PATCH 0/7] gnss: add new GNSS subsystem

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Wed Apr 25 2018 - 06:31:51 EST


On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:48:19AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 06:34:51PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > This series adds a new subsystem for GNSS receivers (e.g. GPS
> > receivers).
>
> YEAH!!!!
>
> Thanks so much for doing this, great work!

Thanks!

> > This all seems to work well-enough (e.g. with gpsd), but please let me
> > know if I've overlooked something which would indeed require a TTY
> > interface instead.
> >
> > As proof-of-concept I have implemented drivers for receivers based on
> > two common GNSS chipsets (SiRFstar and u-blox), but due to lack of
> > hardware these have so far only been tested using mockup devices and a
> > USB-serial-based GPS device (using out-of-tree code). [ Let me know if
> > you've got any evalutation kits to spare. ]
> >
> > Finally, note that documentation (including kerneldoc) remains to be
> > written, but hopefully this will not hinder review given that the
> > current interfaces are fairly self-describing.
>
> Is this just a RFC, or a "here's a first cut at submitting this, review
> it please!" submission? I'm glad to review if you think it's worth it
> at this point.

It's more than just an RFC, so thanks for starting to review it.

Johan