Re: [PATCH 1/1] [INPUT/KEYPAD] gpio keypad: Replace current blackfin specific pfbutton driver with kernel generic gpio key driver

[Bryan Wu]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:27 AM, pHilipp Zabel <philipp.zabel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Bryan Wu <cooloney@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >> From: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >>
>  >>  It's an actual deficiency in the hardware that we can't address,
>  >>  so it needs to be worked around in software.
>  >>
>  >>  Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >>  Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >>  ---
>  >>   drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c |   15 ++++++++++++++-
>  >>   1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>  >>
>  >>  diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
>  b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
>  >>  index bbd00c3..d856eb9 100644
>  >>  --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
>  >>  +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
>  >>  @@ -26,6 +26,18 @@
>  >>
>  >>   #include <asm/gpio.h>
>  >>
>  >>  +#if defined(CONFIG_BLACKFIN) && !defined(BF548_FAMILY)
>  >>  +
>  >>  +/*
>  >>  + * On some Blackfin CPUs reading edge triggered
>  >>  + * GPIOs doesn't return the current value
>  >>  + */
>  >
>  > If this is a generic problem, shouldn't this be addressed inside gpio_get_value?
>
>  it's an issue only when the GPIO is an interrupt source and the
>  trigger condition is set to both rising and falling.  but i guess your
>  point is that in gpio_get_value(), we can check to see if these
>  conditions are met and if so, temporarily fiddle things there ?
>
>  Michael: that sounds reasonable, what do you think ?
>  -mike
>

IMO, maybe it is feasible for fix this in generic GPIO layer, or will
break other things?

-Bryan
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