Re: [PATCH] generic driver for rotary encoders on GPIOs

[Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 06:20:54PM +0100, Daniel Mack wrote:
> > 2) I have a patch to the driver that allows the axis to be a REL_* type.
> > I will post this patch for review after the driver is committed.
> 
> Cool, that might be a good alternative for users.
> 
> > 3) Are both 'inverted_*' flags really needed?  It appears that the end
> > effect of these just reverses the logical direction of the encoder.
> > 
> > 	inverted_a	inverted_b	result
> > 	0		0		normal encoder
> > 	0		1		backwards encoder
> > 	1		0		backwards encoder
> > 	1		1		normal encoder

The driver has now been commited to input.git/next, so you could send a
patch with your ideas on top of it if you like and find some time :)

Daniel