Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:05:55 +0100 | From | Johan Hovold <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] misc serdev: Add w2sg0004 (gps receiver) power control driver |
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 04:53:12PM +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> If I look for example at the camera module drivers provided by > drivers/media/i2c, most of them could be easily power-controlled from > user-space by i2c-tools and 1-2 gpios through /sys/class/gpio and > a big set of scripts. > > Still they have a place in the kernel and cameras are powered on > if the device is opened and powered down if it is closed. > > So I am still trying to understand the rationale and logic (if one exists) > behind having them in kernel but rejecting our driver which does the > same for a different class of devices.
For media we have a framework in place; for gps we do not (yet).
Johan
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