Re: searching for a missing driver

2018-05-23 Thread Hugo Lefeuvre
Hi Greg and Ozgur, > But yes, sensors are a great way to get involved in driver writing, they > are usually pretty simple and all they need are to be hooked up to the > iio interface. A data sheet is usually needed to determine the units > and values the sensors provide, but those should not be h

Re: searching for a missing driver

2018-05-23 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:01:49AM +0300, Ozgur Kara wrote: > > > 23.05.2018, 09:48, "Greg KH" : > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 09:26:31AM +0300, Ozgur Kara wrote: > >>  I think seen the drivers/staging section in the kernel source. > > > > Yes, starting out with drivers/staging/*/TODO is always a g

Re: searching for a missing driver

2018-05-23 Thread Ozgur Kara
23.05.2018, 09:48, "Greg KH" : > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 09:26:31AM +0300, Ozgur Kara wrote: >>  I think seen the drivers/staging section in the kernel source. > > Yes, starting out with drivers/staging/*/TODO is always a good idea. > >>  for example, some new generation embedded modules and elec

Re: searching for a missing driver

2018-05-22 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 09:26:31AM +0300, Ozgur Kara wrote: > I think seen the drivers/staging section in the kernel source. Yes, starting out with drivers/staging/*/TODO is always a good idea. > for example, some new generation embedded modules and electronic devices > don't work on Linux. Re

Re: searching for a missing driver

2018-05-22 Thread Ozgur Kara
23.05.2018, 09:06, "Greg KH" : > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:25:51PM -0400, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote: >>  Hi, >> >>  I've been reading documentation about linux drivers development for >>  quite a while now, but never did anything really useful of it. Lack of >>  time, but most importantly lack of proj

Re: searching for a missing driver

2018-05-22 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:25:51PM -0400, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote: > Hi, > > I've been reading documentation about linux drivers development for > quite a while now, but never did anything really useful of it. Lack of > time, but most importantly lack of projects to apply this knowledge. > Now I've go

searching for a missing driver

2018-05-22 Thread Hugo Lefeuvre
Hi, I've been reading documentation about linux drivers development for quite a while now, but never did anything really useful of it. Lack of time, but most importantly lack of projects to apply this knowledge. Now I've got some spare time ahead of me, and it seems to be the right moment to start