Re: [PATCH] input: Use platform-provided devices as i8042 serio parents
From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Fri Mar 07 2014 - 12:54:48 EST
Hi Matthew,
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:03:16PM -0500, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> i8042 devices exposed via platform firmware interfaces such as ACPI or
> Device Tree may provide additional information of use to userspace. Right
> now we don't associate the serio devices with the firmware device, and so
> there's no straightforward way for userspace to make use of that
> information. This patch simply moves the serio parent device to the firmware
> provided device.
Hmm, are we sure it will not mess up power management now that children
serio ports are disconnected from i8042 device?
I also wonder if we need to restructure the whole thing so that we
create AUX and KBD ports separately and convert i8042 code into a
library of sorts...
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
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