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

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Date:	Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:06:08 +0530
From:	Trilok Soni <tsoni@...eaurora.org>
To:	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>
CC:	Neil Leeder <nleeder@...eaurora.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Horace Fu <horace.fu@...ntatw.com>,
	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mouse: add qci touchpad driver

Hi David,

On 8/11/2010 4:50 AM, David Brown wrote:
> 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.

Ok, agreed. Neil, please submit a new patch with addressing other comments. Thanks.

---Trilok Soni
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