Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:22:45 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] introduce ALS sysfs class | From | Alan Jenkins <> |
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On 9/1/09, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> wrote: > > Introduce ALS sysfs class. > > ALS sysfs class provides a standard sysfs interface for > Ambient Light Sensor devices. > > please read Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-als for > detailed sysfs designs. > > CC: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> > ---
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/als/Kconfig > @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ > +# > +# Ambient Light Sensor sysfs device configuration > +# > + > +menuconfig ALS > + tristate "Ambient Light Sensor sysfs device" > + help > + This framework provides a generic sysfs interface for > + Ambient Light Sensor devices. > + If you want this support, you should say Y or M here.
Gratuitous nitpick: Can this option be made non-visible (or hidden behind CONFIG_EMBEDDED)?
Maybe you copied the pattern of the thermal sysfs interface - but the ACPI thermal driver is useful to keep your computer cool even without the sysfs interface. ALS drivers are useless without the sysfs interface, no?
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