Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:25:25 +0100
From: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de>
To: Davide Rizzo <elpa.rizzo@gmail.com>
Cc: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       gregkh@suse.de, ben-linux@fluff.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Driver for user access to internal timer
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On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:37:04PM +0100, Davide Rizzo wrote:
> >
> > Davide,
> > please don't use drivers/uio/ for things that are no UIO drivers.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hans
> 
> I thought drivers/uoi is a better choice then driver/misc, because
> this driver allows user to access internal hardware to generate PWM
> signals.

Yes, but you do not use the UIO framework to achieve this.

> Otherwise, where do you suggest to put it ?

I didn't have a deeper look at your driver. I suggest you ask the people
who maintain the clock/timer frameworks you use. Since you seem to be
working on an ARM platform, you should Cc: the linux-arm-kernel mailing
list as well.

Thanks,
Hans

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