Re: [PATCH v2] add support for Freescale's MMA8653FC 10 bit accelerometer

[Alexander Stein]

On Wednesday 18 March 2015 16:55:57, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> From: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The MMA8653FC is a low-power, three-axis, capacitive micromachined
> accelerometer with 10 bits of resolution with flexible user-programmable
> options.
> 
> Embedded interrupt functions enable overall power savings, by relieving the
> host processor from continuously polling data, for example using the poll()
> system call.
> 
> The device can be configured to generate wake-up interrupt signals from any
> combination of the configurable embedded functions, enabling the MMA8653FC
> to monitor events while remaining in a low-power mode during periods of
> inactivity.
> 
> This driver provides devicetree properties to program the device's behaviour
> and a simple, tested and documented sysfs interface. The data sheet and more
> information is available on Freescale's website.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Muellner <christoph.muellner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> applies to v4.0-rc4 and the current -next.
> 
> patch revision history
> ......................
> v2 corrects licensing and commit messages and adds appropriate recipients
> 
>  .../testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-devices-fsl-mma8653fc    |  39 +
>  .../devicetree/bindings/misc/fsl,mma8653fc.txt     |  96 +++
>  MAINTAINERS                                        |   5 +
>  drivers/input/misc/Kconfig                         |  11 +
>  drivers/input/misc/Makefile                        |   1 +
>  drivers/input/misc/mma8653fc.c                     | 913 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 1065 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-devices-fsl-mma8653fc
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/fsl,mma8653fc.txt
>  create mode 100644 drivers/input/misc/mma8653fc.c

Shouldn't this go to drivers/iio/magnetometer instead of defining a new sysfs ABI?

Best regards,
Alexander
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