From: gregkh@linuxfoundation•org (Greg Kroah-Hartman)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3.9] Driver for 7-segment displays connected over GPIOs
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 08:48:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130107164845.GA2911@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1357576928-29133-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 05:42:05PM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear drivers/{char,misc}/ maintainers,
>
> This patch series implements a simple driver for 7-segment displays
> connected over GPIOs through a BCD encoder. The userspace interface of
> the driver is very simple: just a "value" file in the sysfs directory
> of the device, which can be written to (changes the value shown on the
> 7-segment display) and read (gives the current value).
If you ever add/remove/modify sysfs files, you have to also do the same
for the Documentation/ABI/ files as well, please redo that in this patch
series.
But, the bigger question is, why is this a kernel driver at all? Can't
you do this from userspace today without any new kernel code?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-07 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-07 16:42 [PATCH 3.9] Driver for 7-segment displays connected over GPIOs Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 3.9 1/3] misc: new driver for GPIO-connected 7-segment displays Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 19:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-01-07 19:58 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 21:41 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-02-08 22:38 ` Grant Likely
2013-02-08 22:35 ` Grant Likely
2013-01-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 3.9 2/3] arm: mvebu: add the 7-segment display DT informations to Armada 370 DB Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 3.9 3/3] arm: mvebu: add the 7-segment display DT informations to Armada XP DB Thomas Petazzoni
2013-02-08 22:39 ` Grant Likely
2013-01-07 16:48 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2013-01-07 17:07 ` [PATCH 3.9] Driver for 7-segment displays connected over GPIOs Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 17:23 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-01-07 17:40 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 17:43 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 17:56 ` H Hartley Sweeten
2013-01-07 18:02 ` Jason Cooper
2013-01-07 18:06 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-07 17:53 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 18:36 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-01-07 18:38 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 23:05 ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09 16:28 ` Pavel Machek
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