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From: Courtney Cavin <courtney.cavin@sonymobile.com>
To: Christopher Heiny <cheiny@synaptics.com>
Cc: "linux-input@vger.kernel.org" <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>,
	"dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	"linus.walleij@stericsson.com" <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>,
	"linus.walleij@linaro.org" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove gpio handling and polling
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:47:13 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140207014712.GP1706@sonymobile.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52F3EAF1.9000505@synaptics.com>

On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 09:05:05PM +0100, Christopher Heiny wrote:
> On 02/04/2014 06:31 PM, Courtney Cavin wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 12:08:35AM +0100, Christopher Heiny wrote:
> >> On 01/23/2014 04:00 PM, Courtney Cavin wrote:
> >>> Since all the configuration needed for an irq can be provided in other
> >>> ways, remove all gpio->irq functionality. This cleans up the code quite
> >>> a bit.
> >>
> >> In certain diagnostic modes, we need to be able to release the IRQ so
> >> the GPIO can be monitored from userspace.  This patch removes that
> >> capability.
> >>
> >
> > Polling a GPIO from userspace is poor design regardless of the use-case, if
> > you ask me.  It certainly doesn't motivate the extra gpio<->IRQ code.
> 
> Fortunately, neither the in-driver polling implementation nor the user
> space diagnostic applications are implemented that way.

I'm missing something here then.  If the userspace diagnostic
applications do not poll the GPIO, then what exactly is the purpose of
them accessing the GPIO at all?

  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-07  1:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-24  0:00 [PATCH 00/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - cleanup and add DT support Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00 ` [PATCH 01/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - fix checkpatch.pl, sparse and GCC warnings Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00   ` [PATCH 02/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - don't kfree devm_ alloced memory Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00     ` [PATCH 03/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - don't free devices directly Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00       ` [PATCH 04/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove sensor name from platform data Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00         ` [PATCH 05/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove gpio handling and polling Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00           ` [PATCH 06/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove platform suspend callbacks Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00             ` [PATCH 07/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove remaining debugfs code Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00               ` [PATCH 08/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - cleanup platform data Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00                 ` [PATCH 09/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove unused defines and variables Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00                   ` [PATCH 10/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - add devicetree support Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00                     ` [PATCH 11/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - add regulator support Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00                       ` [PATCH 12/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - don't immediately set page on probe Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00                         ` [PATCH 13/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - properly set F01 container on PDT scan Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00                           ` [PATCH 14/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - ensure we have IRQs before reading status Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24  0:00                             ` [PATCH 15/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - correct RMI4 spec url Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:10                               ` Christopher Heiny
2014-02-06  1:14                                 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2014-02-04 23:10                             ` [PATCH 14/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - ensure we have IRQs before reading status Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:40                               ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:10                           ` [PATCH 13/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - properly set F01 container on PDT scan Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:39                             ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:10                       ` [PATCH 11/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - add regulator support Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:38                         ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:10                     ` [PATCH 10/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - add devicetree support Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:37                       ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:10                   ` [PATCH 09/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove unused defines and variables Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:35                     ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:10                 ` [PATCH 08/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - cleanup platform data Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:34                   ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:09               ` [PATCH 07/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove remaining debugfs code Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:33                 ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:09             ` [PATCH 06/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove platform suspend callbacks Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:32               ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:08           ` [PATCH 05/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove gpio handling and polling Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:31             ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-06  9:28               ` Linus Walleij
2014-02-06 20:05                 ` Christopher Heiny
2014-02-07  1:45                   ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-06 20:05               ` Christopher Heiny
2014-02-07  1:47                 ` Courtney Cavin [this message]
2014-02-04 23:08         ` [PATCH 04/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - remove sensor name from platform data Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:30           ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:08       ` [PATCH 03/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - don't free devices directly Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:28         ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:08     ` [PATCH 02/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - don't kfree devm_ alloced memory Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:27       ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-04 23:08   ` [PATCH 01/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - fix checkpatch.pl, sparse and GCC warnings Christopher Heiny
2014-02-05  2:26     ` Courtney Cavin
2014-02-06  1:09     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2014-02-06  1:36       ` Christopher Heiny
2014-02-13  6:36         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2014-02-13 18:56           ` Christopher Heiny
2014-02-13 19:10             ` Dmitry Torokhov
2014-02-13 19:12               ` Dmitry Torokhov
2014-02-13 19:25                 ` Christopher Heiny
2014-01-24  0:06 ` [PATCH 00/15] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - cleanup and add DT support Courtney Cavin
2014-01-24 23:24 ` Christopher Heiny
2014-01-25  1:08   ` Courtney Cavin

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