From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sudip Mukherjee Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Input: drivers/joystick: use parallel port device model Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:16:14 +0530 Message-ID: <20150813134614.GA29298@sudip-pc> References: <1438698351-24604-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> <20150808103515.GC1301@sudip-pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150808103515.GC1301@sudip-pc> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 04:05:15PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 07:55:51PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > Modify db9 driver to use the new Parallel Port device model. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee > > --- > >=20 > > v2: an extra check was removed. db9_base could not be removed. Alre= ady > > mailed you the reasons, reference is at: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/3/403 >=20 > Hi Dmitry, > I was telling you on the other thread that to remove db9_base we will > need to modify the parport code and then it has to be tested by every= one > again and that will also change the old behaviour of parport. The v2 = to > which I am replying now is still having that db9_base. >=20 > Please see the following patch, this is the minimum change required t= o > update db9 driver. Personally I donot like this approach as in this > method if a parallel port is hotplugged after this driver is loaded t= hen > it will not work. Please let me know your views on the posted v2 and > also on the following proposal. Hi Dmitry, Did you have a chance to look at this? Pali Roh=E1r has the hardware and he is ready to test it. regards sudip