linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] HID: quirks: Refactor ELAN 400 and 401 handling

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:13:47 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jeffrey Hugo <jeffrey.l.hugo@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, agross@...nel.org,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:ARM/QUALCOMM SUPPORT" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] HID: quirks: Refactor ELAN 400 and 401 handling

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 7:45 AM Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> > > +static const char *hid_elan_i2c_ignore[] = {
> >
> > If this is a copy of elan whitelist, then, if we do not want to bother
> > with sharing it in object form (as a elan-i2c-ids module), can we at
> > least move it into include/linux/input/elan-i2c-ids.h and consume from
> > hid-quirks.c?
>
> Let's just not duplicate it in both objects. Why not properly export it
> from hid_quirks?

Strictly speaking Elan does not depend on HID; exporting it from
quirks would mean adding this dependency. This also mean that you
can't make Elan built-in while keeping HID as a module (I think this
at least used to be config on some Chromebooks).

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry