linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: dt: Document TSC2005 DT binding

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Date:	Mon, 9 Dec 2013 19:24:10 +0100
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...ian.org>
To:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: dt: Document TSC2005 DT binding

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 09:46:38AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > +Optional properties:
> > + - ti,fuzz-x		      : integer, X noise value of the touchscreen
> > +				(defaults to 4)
> > + - ti,fuzz-y		      : integer, Y noise value of the touchscreen
> > +				(defaults to 8)
> > + - ti,fuzz-pressure	      : integer, pressure noise value of the touchscreen
> > +				(defaults to 2)
> > + - ti,max-x		      : integer, maximum reported x value
> > +				(defaults to 4096)
> > + - ti,max-y		      : integer, maximum reported y value
> > +				(defaults to 4096)
> > + - ti,max-pressure	      : integer, maximum reported pressure
> > +				(defaults to 4096)
> > + - ti,x-plate-resistance      : integer, resistance of the touchscreen's X plates
> > +				in ohm (defaults to 280)
> > + - ti,esd-recovery-timeout-ms : integer, if the touchscreen does not respond after
> > +				the configured time (in milli seconds), the driver
> > +				will reset it. This is disabled by default.
> 
> Instead of adding these optional ti,* properties you can set them in the
> driver directly in the of_match table based on the compatible flag. Then
> you can pass compatible flag like ti,tsc2005-nokia-n900, or the name of
> the LCD panel. Most likely these depend on the LCD panel selected.

I could certainly do this, but it would move the board specific data
from the boardcode into the driver. That looks contra-productive to
me. Is there a good reason to do it this way?

-- Sebastian

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