Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Mar 2014 09:54:16 -0800 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] input: Use platform-provided devices as i8042 serio parents |
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Hi Matthew,
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:03:16PM -0500, Matthew Garrett wrote: > i8042 devices exposed via platform firmware interfaces such as ACPI or > Device Tree may provide additional information of use to userspace. Right > now we don't associate the serio devices with the firmware device, and so > there's no straightforward way for userspace to make use of that > information. This patch simply moves the serio parent device to the firmware > provided device.
Hmm, are we sure it will not mess up power management now that children serio ports are disconnected from i8042 device?
I also wonder if we need to restructure the whole thing so that we create AUX and KBD ports separately and convert i8042 code into a library of sorts...
Thanks.
-- Dmitry
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