Re: [PATCH 2/2] Input: ili210x - add ILI2117 support

From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc: Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>,
	Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Input: ili210x - add ILI2117 support
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 23:02:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191104070209.GN57214@dtor-ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <af0b175c-ced0-1a01-9a19-7e49fdb3386d@denx.de>

On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 01:16:21AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 11/4/19 12:55 AM, Adam Ford wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:48 PM Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:
> >>
> >> Dmitry / Marek,
> >>
> >> There have been two attempts to add ILI2117 touch controller support.
> >> I was about to add a third, but luckily I checked the mailing list
> >> before writing any code :)
> >>
> >> Adding this support would clearly be beneficial for the common good.
> >> What can we do to get this in motion again?
> >>
> >> Last time I checked, Marek posted a patch which added the 2117, but Dmitry
> >> objected, because the code became too unwieldy. Dmitry then posted a cleanup
> >> patch, which did not work for Marek. So everything came to a halt.
> >> See:
> >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10836651/
> >> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg62670.html
> >>
> >> Dmitry, would you perhaps be willing to accept Marek's patch, and perform the
> >> cleanup later?
> >>
> >> Marek, would you perhaps be willing to invest some time to debug Dmitry's
> >> cleanup patch?
> >>
> >> On my end, I've reviewed Dmitry's patch and it looks mostly ok. I saw one
> >> difference with ILI210X which could explain Marek's results, but I can't be
> >> sure - because I could not locate the 210X's register layout on the web.
> >>
> >> In Dmitry's patch, we see:
> >>
> >>         touch = ili210x_report_events(priv, touchdata);
> >>         if (touch || chip->continue_polling(touchdata))
> >>                 schedule_delayed_work(&priv->dwork,
> >>                                       msecs_to_jiffies(priv->poll_period));
> >>
> >> but this is not exactly equivalent to the original. Because in the original,
> >> the 210X's decision to kick off delayed work is completely independent of
> >> the value of touch.
> >>
> > 
> > If anyone is interested, I posted a patch to add ili2117A.
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10849877/
> > 
> > I am not sure if it's compatible with the non-A version.
> 
> This patch could've gone in as-is, the rework was not necessary (and
> indeed, didn't work). I don't know why this patch wasn't applied in the
> end, maybe it was just missed.

Do we really need a brand new driver here? It looks pretty similar to
the other flavors...

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry