From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Input/Joystick Driver: add support AD7142 joystick driver (v2) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:39:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20080425113501.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> References: <1206643110-8789-1-git-send-email-cooloney@kernel.org> <20080418131149.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> <386072610804250309j5f2222cfj2f58b3b92d091a3a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <386072610804250309j5f2222cfj2f58b3b92d091a3a@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Bryan Wu Cc: khali@linux-fr.org, andre@bitwigglers.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, i2c@lm-sensors.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vapier.adi@gmail.com, Michael Hennerich List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 06:09:52PM +0800, Bryan Wu wrote: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Dmitry Torokhov > wrote: > > Hi Bryan, > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:38:30AM -0700, Bryan Wu wrote: > > > + input->keybit[BIT_WORD(BTN_BASE)] = BIT_MASK(BTN_BASE) | > > > + BIT_MASK(BTN_BASE2) | > > > + BIT_MASK(BTN_BASE3) | > > > + BIT_MASK(BTN_BASE4); > > > + input->keybit[BIT_WORD(KEY_UP)] |= BIT_MASK(KEY_UP) | > > > + BIT_MASK(KEY_DOWN) | > > > + BIT_MASK(KEY_LEFT) | > > > + BIT_MASK(KEY_RIGHT); > > > + > > > > Why don't you use REL_X/REL_Y to report directional movement? Using > > buttons for that is pretty unusual. > > > > In our development board, it includes UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT 4 buttons. So > this driver matches this. > Please found some information about the hardware as below: > http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=capacitance_touch_sensors&s[]=ad7142 What is the expected behaviur when a person touches one of these buttons? Is it generatig a left/rigth mouse button clocks or moving a pointer in some direction? Judging by the category of the devices you are placing it in (joystick) it seems that latter is what you want, therefore it should generate REL_X and REL_Y events. Otherwise it should probably be called a button driver and live either in drivers/input/keyboard or driver/input/misc. Do you agree? Thanks. -- Dmitry