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From: lists@fuchsschwanzdomain.de (Sven Geggus)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: How is gpio_keys.ko supposed to work?
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:41:06 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kj7bk2$t0q$1@ultimate100.geggus.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CANVwdDqwbYagJZjPu6Vdexnw0P_P2UzBu4ebxGrU_V3Ly1-FBg@mail.gmail.com

Jerry Zhang <jerry.scofield@gmail.com> wrote:

> The entry will only be created after the "Driver" probes the "Device"
> successfully. In your case, you need to be sure the corresponding
> platform_device is claimed in your board setup code.

What does claiming the device actually mean? Do I really need to
hardcode the GPIOs where buttons are connected at compile time?

This would not be a very good idea for a User configurable board like
Raspberry Pi.

I actually thought that I could configure the gpios where buttons are
connected at runtime using sysfs, depending on the actual hardware
setup in use.

Sven

-- 
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      reply	other threads:[~2013-03-30 18:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-28 16:13 How is gpio_keys.ko supposed to work? Sven Geggus
2013-03-29 17:46 ` Jerry Zhang
2013-03-30 18:41   ` Sven Geggus [this message]

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