linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5 v2] input: tc3589x-keypad: support probing from device tree

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Message-ID: <20131113232923.GB13669@earth.universe>
Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:29:24 +0100
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...g0.de>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5 v2] input: tc3589x-keypad: support probing from
 device tree

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 02:24:06PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > Current suggestions (taken from kernel) are:
> > 
> > * <<vendor>>,no-autorepeat
> > * keypad,autorepeat
> > * linux,keypad-no-autorepeat
> > * linux,input-no-autorepeat
> > * linux,no-autorepeat
> > * autorepeat
> > 
> > I do not really care, which one is chosen, except for two things:
> > 
> > * <<vendor>> seems wrong. This is not vendor specific.
> > * I would prefer "input-" over "keypad-", since then the same name
> >   can be used for single keys, buttons, etc.
> 
> Both of those sound valid to me, but I think it may make sense to keep
> the "linux," prefix. As I understand it this is really telling the Linux
> input subsystem to react to a device acting in a certain way, rather
> than describing or configuring the device in a certain way.

That leaves the following two options:

* linux,input-no-autorepeat
* linux,no-autorepeat

Any suggestions for those?

-- Sebastian

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