linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: drivers/joystick: use parallel port device model

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Message-ID: <20150803124127.GF20682@pali>
Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:41:27 +0200
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: drivers/joystick: use parallel port device model

On Monday 03 August 2015 18:06:26 Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 02:26:48PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 August 2015 18:13:48 Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> <snip>
> > 
> > Hey! I believe you are not going to break my Atari joystick connected to
> > my desktop PC via special homemade reduction for parallel port... :-)
> > That Atari joystick uses db9.ko linux kernel driver and so any untested
> > changes to db9.c could break functionality!
> Can you please test the patch I am going to post in an hour or so? The
> changes which I am making should not break any functionality.
> 
> regards
> sudip

I can test db9.c patches, but not right now... Desktop PC with joystick
is thousands of miles from me. It will take some time, maybe weeks...

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com
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