Re: [PATCH] LIS3LV02Dx Accelerometer driver (take 4)

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Oct 23 2008 - 05:40:49 EST


On Thu 2008-10-23 10:11:16, Eric Piel wrote:
> Len Brown schreef:
> >> +static struct acpi_device_id lis3lv02d_device_ids[] = {
> >> + {"HPQ0004", 0}, /* HP Mobile Data Protection System PNP */
> >
> > Has HP provided any documentation or engineering support
> > to help support this work?
> Not to my knowledge. Ironically, one of the laptops supported, the HP
> 2133, is even sold with Linux pre-installed!

Actually, they did promise some docs/support to me, but Eric was just
too fast ;-).

> > Note that other laptop drivers that utilize vendor-specific
> > ACPI hooks tend to live under drivers/misc -- for lack
> > of a better home.
> Yes, this could be also a place for the driver, but as all the other
> accelerometer drivers are currently in hwmon, it was decided to put it
> there as well. The plan is to move them to their own subsystem once a
> accelerometer subsystem is agreed on (Jonathan Cameron is working on
> this, with industrialio).

ACK. hdaps is in hwmon, too.
Pavel
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