Re: [PATCH 2/2] Input: ili210x - add ILI2117 support

[Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:48 PM Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dmitry / Marek,
>
> There have been two attempts to add ILI2117 touch controller support.
> I was about to add a third, but luckily I checked the mailing list
> before writing any code :)
>
> Adding this support would clearly be beneficial for the common good.
> What can we do to get this in motion again?
>
> Last time I checked, Marek posted a patch which added the 2117, but Dmitry
> objected, because the code became too unwieldy. Dmitry then posted a cleanup
> patch, which did not work for Marek. So everything came to a halt.
> See:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10836651/
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg62670.html
>
> Dmitry, would you perhaps be willing to accept Marek's patch, and perform the
> cleanup later?
>
> Marek, would you perhaps be willing to invest some time to debug Dmitry's
> cleanup patch?
>
> On my end, I've reviewed Dmitry's patch and it looks mostly ok. I saw one
> difference with ILI210X which could explain Marek's results, but I can't be
> sure - because I could not locate the 210X's register layout on the web.
>
> In Dmitry's patch, we see:
>
>         touch = ili210x_report_events(priv, touchdata);
>         if (touch || chip->continue_polling(touchdata))
>                 schedule_delayed_work(&priv->dwork,
>                                       msecs_to_jiffies(priv->poll_period));
>
> but this is not exactly equivalent to the original. Because in the original,
> the 210X's decision to kick off delayed work is completely independent of
> the value of touch.
>

If anyone is interested, I posted a patch to add ili2117A.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10849877/

I am not sure if it's compatible with the non-A version.


> Suggested replacement:
>
>         touch = ili210x_report_events(priv, touchdata);
>         if (chip->continue_polling)
>                 touch = chip->continue_polling(touchdata);
>
> Sven