Re: Support for synaptic touchscreen in HTC dream

From: Arve Hjønnevåg
Date: Wed Jul 15 2009 - 14:43:49 EST


On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Dmitry
Torokhov<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
>> > I think threaded IRQ will fit the bill and will take care of
>> > IRQ/workqueue shutdown races. Of course you still need to use workqueue
>> > if polling.
>>
>> I guess we'll just strip polling version for now?
>>
>
> Well, is it useable in polling mode? Do we forsee any devices using it
> that way? If no then shure, strip it out.

I would not consider polling mode acceptable in a shipping device. It
was somewhat useful during bringup since it allowed testing the
touchscreen without a working interrupt.

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Arve Hjønnevåg
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