input maintainer -- are you there? was Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: add `SW_MACHINE_COVER`

From: Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>
To: Merlijn Wajer <merlijn@wizzup.org>, jikos@suse.cz, vojtech@suse.cz
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Subject: input maintainer -- are you there? was Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: add `SW_MACHINE_COVER`
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:36:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200629133644.GA22227@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fef69c79-9943-7bd1-5c51-101f551cf2c8@wizzup.org>

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Hi!

> Looks like we're blocking on this input patch.
> 
> On 16/06/2020 12:50, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Fri 2020-06-12 14:53:58, Merlijn Wajer wrote:
> >> This event code represents the state of a removable cover of a device.
> >> Value 0 means that the cover is open or removed, value 1 means that the
> >> cover is closed.
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com> Acked-by: Tony Lindgren 
> >> <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Merlijn Wajer <merlijn@wizzup.org> ---
> > 
> > Dmitry, can we get some kind of comment here, or better yet can we get you to apply this?
> 
> This is part of a patch series to resolve problems with the Nokia N900
> not booting when the cover is removed (making the cover be the card
> detect was also just weird IMHO). Just removing the card-detect from the
> DTS is fine, but it was suggested that we expose the data instead as
> input event. And that's gotten no response for about four months.
> 
> Should we just drop the feature and only remove the cd-gpios line from
> the DTS, assuming upstream doesn't want this SW_MACHINE_COVER code?

I believe series is good, lets keep it. Changing now will only delay
it a bit more. Let me try to get Dmitry's attention...

If that does not work, we can get Linus' attention :-).

If that does not work, umm, there are some other options.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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