Re: [PATCH 1/1] mouse: add qci touchpad driver

From: David Brown
Date: Tue Aug 10 2010 - 19:20:33 EST


On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 04:14:54PM +0530, Trilok Soni wrote:

> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Driver communicates over i2c to nuvoTon WPCE775x Embedded Controller,
> > + * which has touchpad attached through PS/2 interface.
> > + */
>
> Why this driver is not developed through MFD architecture then? nuvoTon chip
> looks like multi-function chip, isn't it?

It is, in the sense that it does multiple things. But, for this
particular device, it makes the keyboard available as an i2c device.
I don't see any particular reason to tie that to other functionality
that the chip provides.

David
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