Re: [PATCH] input: Use platform-provided devices as i8042 serio parents

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Hi Matthew,

On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:03:16PM -0500, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> i8042 devices exposed via platform firmware interfaces such as ACPI or
> Device Tree may provide additional information of use to userspace. Right
> now we don't associate the serio devices with the firmware device, and so
> there's no straightforward way for userspace to make use of that
> information. This patch simply moves the serio parent device to the firmware
> provided device.

Hmm, are we sure it will not mess up power management now that children
serio ports are disconnected from i8042 device?

I also wonder if we need to restructure the whole thing so that we
create AUX and KBD ports separately and convert i8042 code into a
library of sorts...

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/