Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:19:03 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Various intel small device drivers
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> If you like, feel free to (re)start an argument with Linus on the ambient light
> sensor front.  Or see that thread for yet another round about discussion of
> where these sensors should be. 
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/1/367
> 
> Basically if it is primarily an input device for human interaction, see if

Its a sensor on an embedded board, it might be managing the backlight or
measuring the dirt level in a sewage pipe depending upon application.

> Dmitry is willing to take it into input (though note he may quite rightly
> take some convincing!)

Its easy enough to make it an input device but that would then end up
with polled_input_dev which keeps waking up and costs battery. A lot of
the polled input model is somewhat broken in that regard but I can see
Linus point.

> Otherwise, misc with the intent to sweep them all up when an agreed upon
> subsystem is in place.

Looks like goes into misc for the moment with all the other light sensors
and I'll see if I can merge it with the 29007 support while I am at it.

Thanks

Alan
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