linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH try #2] Input/Joystick Driver: add support AD7142 joystick driver

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:39:53 +0800
From:	Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...log.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	bryan.wu@...log.com, linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	linux-joystick@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH try #2] Input/Joystick Driver: add support AD7142
	joystick driver

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 10:49 -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Bryan,
> 
> On 10/12/07, Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...log.com> wrote:
> > +
[snip]
> > +
> > +static void ad7142_close(struct input_dev *dev)
> > +{
> > +       free_irq(CONFIG_BFIN_JOYSTICK_IRQ_PFX, ad7142_interrupt);
> > +       kthread_stop(ad7142_task);
> 
> Don't you need to write something over i2c to shut the devoce off?
> What stops it from continuing to generate interrupts?
> 
Actually, I am going to use "completion" to replace the whole
wait_interrupt_xxx and intr_flag things which original from Aubrey. How
do you think of that?

Thanks
-Bryan
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