Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri 4 May 2007 16:52, Robert Schwebel pondered: >> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 02:21:50PM -0400, Robin Getz wrote:
>> > We also have DAC and ADC drivers (up to 16 bits @ 64MS/s, via DMA), >> > that would be nice to put in the "right" place - I don't think that >> > drivers/char is the right place, nor drivers/misc - I also don't think >> > that /adc is a descriptive place for DAC or mixed signal front ends >> > (MxFE). >> >> What userspace interface do your drivers have? > > Right now, it is a little rudimentary char interface, it needs a little care > to be a bit more general purpose, but it suited needs of what the people who > were using it. [...] > I would be interested in having a detailed discussion/random thoughts on > this - what is the best way to expose these types of devices? Since you ask for random thoughts: IO of data streams from or to a DAC/ADC is essentially what soundcards do. I'm wondering if these cards are similar enough to use alsa, and if using that interface would ease or hinder programming the driver. -- Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say: 76. I have never seen it do *that* before... Friß, Spammer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/