> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > 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?!
