linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] input: mouse: add qci touchpad driver

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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:49:37 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Neil Leeder <nleeder@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Horace Fu <horace.fu@...ntatw.com>,
	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>,
	Trilok Soni <tsoni@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] input: mouse: add qci touchpad driver

Hi Neil,

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 02:26:17PM -0400, Neil Leeder wrote:
> 
> Any comment on the above alternatives?
> 
> A third suggestion might be to have a fairly general serio driver,
> and rewrite the original Quanta driver to use serio rather than
> using i2c directly. I think that has its own set of problems, but
> thought I'd mention it anyway. The nuvoTon EC doesn't present a
> fully-working and reliable PS/2 interface to the driver so I'd lean
> toward using the Quanta touchpad driver by itself.
> 

I concur that since EC firmware does not seem to support full PS/2
protocol we should got with the original driver creating an input device
rather than serio.

Please send me the latest version of your driver and I will apply it to
my .37 queue.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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