Re: [PATCH v1 3/6] dt-bindings: mediatek,mt6779-keypad: add mediatek,double-keys

Mattijs Korpershoek
2022-07-21T13:32:49Z

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 19:26, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:

> On 20/07/2022 16:48, Mattijs Korpershoek wrote:
>> MediaTek keypad has 2 modes of detecting key events:
>> - single key: each (row, column) can detect one key
>> - double key: each (row, column) is a group of 2 keys
>>
>> Currently, only single key detection is supported (by default)
>> Add an optional property, mediatek,double-keys to support double
>> key detection.
>
> You focus here on driver implementation and behavior, but should rather
> focus on hardware, like - in such setup two keys are physically wired to
> one (row,column) pin.

Understood. Will reword in v2 to reflect that this is hardware
description, not a software feature.

>
>>
>> Double key support exists to minimize cost, since it reduces the number
>> of pins required for physical keys.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@baylibre.com>
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/mediatek,mt6779-keypad.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/mediatek,mt6779-keypad.yaml
>> index ca8ae40a73f7..03c9555849e5 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/mediatek,mt6779-keypad.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/mediatek,mt6779-keypad.yaml
>> @@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ properties:
>> maximum: 256
>> default: 16
>>
>> + mediatek,double-keys:
>
> Do you think there could be another MT keypad version with triple-keys?

Of all the SoC's i've worked on (MT8167, MT8183, MT8365, MT8195) I've
never seen a "triple-keys" keypad.

>
>> + description: |
>> + use double key matrix instead of single key
>> + when set, each (row,column) is a group that can detect 2 keys
>> + type: boolean
>> +
>> required:
>> - compatible
>> - reg
>>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof