Re: [PATCH v9 1/1] gpio: add sloppy logic analyzer using polling

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu Jun 13 2024 - 04:30:43 EST


On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 10:17 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On second thought
> though: are you sure drivers/gpio/ is the right place for it?

Actually that is something I requested.

I think it fits in drivers/gpio as it is such a clear cut usage of GPIO
lines, and it doesn't really fit into any other subsystem.

> May I suggest moving it over to drivers/misc/?

Misc is a bit...
messy. I remember Arnd being very sceptical about putting stuff there
rather than creating new subsystems, so since I've tried to avoid it,
albeit recently more and more stuff gets merged there again :/

Yours,
Linus Walleij