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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 1/3] Input: ili210x - do not retrieve/print chip firmware version
Hi,

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:44:27AM -0500, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:
> The driver's method to retrieve the firmware version on ili2117/
> ili2118 chip flavours is incorrect. The firmware version register
> address and layout are wrong.
>
> The firmware version is not actually used anywhere inside or
> outside this driver. There is a dev_dbg() print, but that is
> only visible when the developer explicitly compiles in debug
> support.
>
> Don't make the code more complicated to preserve a feature that
> no-one is using. Remove all code associated with chip firmware
> version.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191111181657.GA57214@dtor-ws/
> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> Cc: Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>
> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
> Tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git/log/?h=next
> Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@gmail.com>
> ---

The firmware version check does one relevant thing: It tests
the I2C communication, which tends to be useful for board
bringup and development boards (which often allow to disconnect
(touch-)screens).

-- Sebastian

> drivers/input/touchscreen/ili210x.c | 21 ---------------------
> 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ili210x.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ili210x.c
> index 0ed6014af6d7..a6feae5ce887 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ili210x.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ili210x.c
> @@ -21,15 +21,8 @@
> /* Touchscreen commands */
> #define REG_TOUCHDATA 0x10
> #define REG_PANEL_INFO 0x20
> -#define REG_FIRMWARE_VERSION 0x40
> #define REG_CALIBRATE 0xcc
>
> -struct firmware_version {
> - u8 id;
> - u8 major;
> - u8 minor;
> -} __packed;
> -
> struct ili2xxx_chip {
> int (*read_reg)(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reg,
> void *buf, size_t len);
> @@ -342,7 +335,6 @@ static int ili210x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> struct ili210x *priv;
> struct gpio_desc *reset_gpio;
> struct input_dev *input;
> - struct firmware_version firmware;
> int error;
>
> dev_dbg(dev, "Probing for ILI210X I2C Touschreen driver");
> @@ -389,15 +381,6 @@ static int ili210x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> priv->chip = chip;
> i2c_set_clientdata(client, priv);
>
> - /* Get firmware version */
> - error = chip->read_reg(client, REG_FIRMWARE_VERSION,
> - &firmware, sizeof(firmware));
> - if (error) {
> - dev_err(dev, "Failed to get firmware version, err: %d\n",
> - error);
> - return error;
> - }
> -
> /* Setup input device */
> input->name = "ILI210x Touchscreen";
> input->id.bustype = BUS_I2C;
> @@ -439,10 +422,6 @@ static int ili210x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> return error;
> }
>
> - dev_dbg(dev,
> - "ILI210x initialized (IRQ: %d), firmware version %d.%d.%d",
> - client->irq, firmware.id, firmware.major, firmware.minor);
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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