Re: [PATCH V2 2/5] input: keyboard: imx_sc: Add i.MX system controller power key support

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sun Sep 22 2019 - 12:14:42 EST


Hi!

> >>Why is it global struct? It seems to be flexible configurable over devicetree.
> >>So I would assume it should be able to handle more then one button. Please
> >>remove global variables, make it allocatable per OF node.
> >
> >There is ONLY one button available for SC key, but yes, I think I can make the structure
> >private and get all necessary data from the structure using container_of.
>
> And we will never need more then 640 kB RAM ;)
> https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Bill_Gates

Right question is "is it worth complicating kernel now (and making it slower/bigger)
for future flexibility?". And I believe answer is "no", but it is not a big deal
either way. Pavel

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