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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:49:18 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>,
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Subject: Re: MAX1363 IIO driver questions
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:18:04AM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 11/24/2012 05:27 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > Hi all,
> Hi Guenter,
> > 
> > What would it take to move the MAX1363 driver out of staging ?
> >
> Nothing given it is already out of staging in linux-next (though only has been
> for about a week)
> 
> > Background is that I need a hardware monitoring driver for MAX1139, and would
> > like to avoid using a driver from staging if possible (after all, it might
> > go away anytime). Another option would be to submit a hwmon driver for it,
> > but that doesn't seem to be the best approach.
> 
> The hwmon driver client driver for iio devices is still in staging, but mainly
> because I haven't had a chance to take a last look at it before posting it to
> the hmwon list.  IIRC you were more or less happy with what went into staging
> in the first place, so hopefully not too much left to do.
> 
Jonathan,

can you educate me how to actually use iio_hwmon ? I get it loaded,
which registers the platform driver, but I have no idea how to instantiate it.

Thanks,
Guenter