Re: [PATCH 5/5] input: i8042 - add runtime check in x86's i8042_platform_init

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

[Cc: Tony Luck]

On 07/02/2010 01:53 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, feng.tang@intel.com wrote:
> 
>> From: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
>>
>> Then it will first check x86_platforms's i8042 detection result,
>> then go on with normal probe.
>>
>> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
>> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h |    4 ++++
>>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h b/drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h
>> index 6168469..2e14fc5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h
>> +++ b/drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h
>> @@ -840,6 +840,10 @@ static int __init i8042_platform_init(void)
>>  {
>>  	int retval;
>>  
>> +	/* Just return if pre-detection shows no i8042 controller exist */
>> +	if (!x86_platform.i8042_detect())
>> +		return -ENODEV;
> 
> That's going to break IA64 :(
> 

I have to say there is an awful lot of code in that file which is
specific to x86 (more so than IA64)... anyone has a feel if it would
make sense to break it up?

	-hpa