RE: [PATCH v2 2/4] da850-evm: add UI Expander pushbuttons

[Nori, Sekhar]

Hi Ben,

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 21:08:10, Ben Gardiner wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Nori, Sekhar <nsekhar@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > [...]
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 01:09:35, Ben Gardiner wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> Changes since v1:
> >>  * set INPUT_POLLDEV default for DA850_EVM machine, but don't select it
> >>    unconditionally
> >
> > I didn't see the v1 posting (wonder why), but why is this
> > required? Why cant we depend on this being selected from
> > Device Drivers->Input device support in menuconfig?
>
> I'm sorry about that. I checked gmane and the v1 never made it to the
> davinci-linux list. I think it was because of my (mis)use of git
> send-email. Version 2 made it to the list so I've now found the magic
> incantation.
>
> The reason we should at least select INPUT_POLLDEV as a default option
> is: when it is not set the gpio-keys instances registered by the
> da850-evm board setup routine will fail probe() of the gpio-keys
> driver since it will not have polled-input support enabled.
>
> By setting INPUT_POLLDEV default for the da850-evm users will get
> functioning pushbuttons and switches with the default config but they
> will be able to disable INPUT_POLLDEV or gpio-keys drivers in their
> defconfig at their convenience.

I guess we could also just modify the defconfig to switch on
INPUT_POLLDEV? Since only gpio-keys functionality is affected
by not enabling the correct options in kernel, it should be OK.

Thanks,
Sekhar

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