On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 11:19:22AM +0100, Roland Stigge wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've written a driver for the Maxim MAX517/MAX518/MAX519 1/2-channel
>> DAC. See also the branch "max51x" of repository linux-2.6 at
>> git.antcom.de (alternatively the patch at
>> http://www.rolandstigge.de/dp/download/patches/max51x.patch).
>>
>> It's currently located in drivers/misc/max51x.c, implemented similarly
>> to the other drivers like e.g. ti_dac7512.c. The hwmon maintainer
>> pointed me to drivers/staging/iio/.
>>
>> Is it advisible now to port the driver to drivers/staging/iio or keep it
>> in drivers/misc? Where should I forward the code/patch for Linux
>> integration?
>
> It's best to convert to the iio subsystem, as that is the way to go in
> the future.

Is it really a good idea to convert existing non-staging drivers to a
framework still in staging?!

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>
> As for where to send patches for it, send them here, and cc: the iio
> developers and me and we will be glad to comment on them and apply them
> to the kernel tree for submission to Linus's tree.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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