Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] ARM: tegra: use build-in device properties with rfkill_gpio
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Feb 23 2016 - 05:32:00 EST
On Tuesday 23 February 2016 11:15:31 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 18 February 2016 21:04:49 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 09:42 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Just for my curiosity: what is the difference between a rfkill-gpio
> device and a gpio-keys device with a KEY_RFKILL code?
>
> arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm4708-netgear-r6250.dts and others seem to
> do the second approach in DT so they don't need to create the
> platform device.
I found the answer now (after discussing on IRC): just
for reference: KEY_RFKILL is for sending the event to the kernel
when a user presses the gpio butting, this rfkill-gpio turns
the devices on or off when after an RFKILL event is received.
Arnd