From: David Jander <david.jander@protonic.nl>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
David Jander <david@protonic.nl>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] Input: gpio_keys.c: Added support for device-tree platform data
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:29:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110704082939.6da4aaeb@archvile> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110623180121.GA14950@core.coreip.homeip.net>
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:01:22 -0700
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:25:37AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > >> > + - gpios: OF devcie-tree gpio specificatin.
> > >> > + - label: Descriptive name of the key.
> > >> > + - linux,code: Keycode to emit.
> > >>
> > >> The fact that this is the Linux internal keycode definitions still
> > >> makes me nervous. Is there no existing standard for keycodes emitted
> > >> by keyboard devices?
> > >
> > > There is but no standard lookup table. For Intel MID we do a translation
> > > between Linux key names in the firmware and keycodes but there isn't a
> > > generic helper for it.
> >
> > I suppose the Linux keycodes are exported out to userspace, and are
> > therefore an ABI which will not change. Okay.
>
> Right, keycodes form ABI that will not change.
>
> Another option would be to use codes from HID usage tables but then
> they would have to be translated to Linux ones.
Dmitry, will you accept this patch also?
Until now, part 2/2 is in your tree, thanks for that, but I'd like to know if
this part (1/2) will also be accepted?
Best regards,
--
David Jander
Protonic Holland.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-04 6:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-23 10:04 [PATCH v5 0/2] Input: gpio_keys.c: Add support for OF and I2C GPIO chips David Jander
2011-06-23 10:04 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] Input: gpio_keys.c: Added support for device-tree platform data David Jander
2011-06-23 12:29 ` Grant Likely
2011-06-23 12:39 ` Alan Cox
2011-06-23 13:25 ` Grant Likely
2011-06-23 14:09 ` David Jander
2011-06-23 18:01 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-07-04 6:29 ` David Jander [this message]
2011-07-04 6:52 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-07-04 6:56 ` David Jander
2011-07-04 17:28 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-07-05 8:16 ` David Jander
2011-06-23 10:04 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] Input: gpio_keys.c: Enable use with non-local GPIO chips David Jander
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