Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: Add driver for Cypress Generation 5 touchscreen

[Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>]

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On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 04:32:46PM +0200, Mylene Josserand wrote:
> > > Notice that the DT parsing uses a sysinfo's variable (si->num_btns)
> > > which is retrieved in the startup function (thanks to
> > > get_sysinfo). So, currently, it is not possible to move the startup
> > > function after the DT parsing.
> > 
> > Can't that be made the other way around? You parse the number of
> > buttons in the DT, and check the consistency with the hardware?
> 
> It could be possible but currently, it was designed to enable every button
> from hardware's configuration and DT binding was just a way to customize
> button's keycode (default is KEY_RESERVED).
> If I base it on the DT, it means that some buttons could never be reported
> (such as deactivated) because they will not be present in the DT. I am not
> sure if it is the behavior we want. What do you think?

I don't really know. Both look reasonable, and it seems to be more a
matter of policy. Dmitry?

Maxime

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