linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/22] Input: apanel - switch to using polled mode of input devices

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Date:   Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:21:58 -0400
From:   Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Brian Masney <masneyb@...tation.org>,
        Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>, Luca Weiss <luca@...tu.xyz>,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/22] Input: apanel - switch to using polled mode of
 input devices

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:27 PM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
>
> > > +static const struct i2c_device_id apanel_id[] = {
> > > +       { "fujitsu_apanel", 0 },
> >
> > If the driver_data field of i2c_device_id is unused, would it
> > be better to match via apanel_driver.driver.of_match_table ?
>
> This is X86 driver, and the device is instantiated from
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c based on DMI match, so using OF is not
> really helpful here.
>

You're right of course! This driver doesn't even select/need CONFIG_OF :)