On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Christopher Heiny <cheiny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patchset implements changes to the synaptics-rmi4 branch of > Dmitry's input tree. The base for the patchset is Dmitry's commit > 4a695a01fba9bf467b3b52e124ccee6cef73b323 from 2013-01-31. > > > > Overall this patchset implements the following changes with respect to > the Dmitry's 2013-01-31 commit: > > * Refactors the transport layer (rmi_i2c) to be named appropriately. > > * Eliminates packed struct bitfields, replacing them with masks > and shifts. This should make the various register definitions > endian-independent. > > * Removed most or all of the sysfs and debugfs support from the driver core > and function drivers. These features are still critical during platform > development, particularly on embedded systems, so there are hooks that allow > custom modules that support these control and debug capabilities. One result > of this is that several .c files have a corresponding .h file (for example, > rmi_f01.c has a corresponding rmi_f01.h). Also, a rmi_control.h file is > added to provide general definitions for control/debug modules. > > * Fixes a number of bugs in the baseline commit. > > * Trivial - added an rmi_version.h file, which lets the version be easily > tweaked using a script. > > > We've broken this patch into 6 parts, as follows: > 01 - core sensor and bus implementation > 02 - I2C physical layer driver > 03..04 - drivers for individual RMI functions > > > Hopefully this is the last time we'll have wide-ranging structural changes in > the driver code, and future patchsets can be much smaller and confined to > one or two areas of interest. (yeah, I've said that before...) > > > Comments and other feedback on this driver are welcomed. > > Christopher Heiny and the Synaptics RMI4 driver team > I have discussed off list with Chris about this patch series. I was interested in it because it will be a requirement for the touchpad in the Dell XPS 12 from 2013. Basically, I told him that the patches are hard to review because of the huge 1/4. a v2 should be on its way :) Cheers, Benjamin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
