--- In "j.chitte" <> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> since any acces to ports needs root access to set up I'm looking at
> using /proc to provide userland interface to some sensors I'm
> following on ADC ports on TS7250.
>
> Writing the kernel driver seems a lot less daunting than I had
> imagined so it seems like a good way to go.
>
> I'm thinking of providing /proc/adc/0 ..../proc/adc/7
>
> Being a bit surprised not to find this sort of thing being done
> already I wondered if I'd just failed to find something.
>
> Anyone got anything similar or comments/caveats?
>
The concept recently has been to move as much as possible into
userspace. Unless it requires handling interrupts, it can typically
be done in userspace.
Reading the ADC can be done in userspace, so it can be exposed via
pipes/sockets/whatever.
--Yan
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