[PATCH 1/1] ARM: Developed device driver for Atmel TSADC controller

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:25:06PM +0100, Petter Nordby wrote:
> Some Atmel AT91 devices contains a touchscreen analog to digital
> converter. This device driver use the ADC as a multi-channel raw
> data input device.
> 
> Tested on AT91SAM9G45 boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petter Nordby <pettno at gmail.com>
> ---
>  CREDITS                                    |    4 +

Shouldn't this be in MAINTAINERS?

>  arch/arm/configs/at91sam9g45_defconfig     |    1 +
>  arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91_adc.h |   16 ++
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig                       |    7 +
>  drivers/misc/Makefile                      |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/atmel_tsadc.c                 |  361 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We have a proper abstraction of input devices under drivers/input which
includes touchscreens.  I suggest using that rather than developing
your own private kernel API.

It will avoid all sorts of bugs, like using put_user() with IRQs disabled.

Thanks.