Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:15:34 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 resend 6/6] Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. |
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 06:05:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:25:29AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > Ok, I've applied this, but I don't know if we really need this in the > > kernel tree. How many out-of-tree android switch drivers are there? > > Who needs to know this information? > > Every phone with a headset jack will have at least one switch if it's > running on Android. People doing system integration will generally need > to know about this, at least until we've got the ALSA detection stuff > integrated with extcon.
Ok, but where are those drivers at? Any pointers to them so I can start sucking them into the tree and doing this conversion?
Is this, and the wakelock stuff, holding back a torrent of drivers to be submitted somewhere? Or are they buried in vendor trees, never to be seen?
thanks,
greg k-h
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