Re: Where to put new keyboard driver

Jes Sorensen (Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch)
09 Aug 1999 14:58:21 +0200


>>>>> "Bradley" == Bradley D LaRonde <brad@ltc.com> writes:

Bradley> Thanks for the advice. I will put it in
Bradley> arch/myarch/myplatform. I wonder though, that since my
Bradley> driver implements the keyboard interface (api) if that might
Bradley> justify it being promoted to drivers/char. Probably not, eh?
Bradley> I didnt't think so. :)
>> Put it in drivers/char together with the other keyboard drivers.
>>
>> Jes

Bradley> Even though (at least at this time) it is totally specific to
Bradley> my platform?

IMHO yes

If someone at some point decides that all the keyboard drivers are
duplicating a lot of code and wants to merge them somewhat it is a lot
easier to deal with if they are all grouped together.

Jes

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