linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] Input: goodix - Support interchanging x and y coordinates in hardware

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:34:31 +0200
From:   Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Franklin S Cooper Jr <fcooper@...com>
Cc:     dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, octavian.purdila@...el.com,
        irina.tirdea@...el.com, merker@...ian.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nsekhar@...com, nm@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Input: goodix - Support interchanging x and y
 coordinates in hardware

On Wed, 2016-10-26 at 18:18 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 02:59:17PM -0500, Franklin S Cooper Jr wrote:
> > 
<snip>
> I'm not sure I follow why existing properties don't cover this.

Me neither. I certainly don't understand why the driver can't mangle
the data from the touchscreen all it wants. It's not like user-space is
talking to the touchscreen directly.