On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 04:36:24PM +0000, Tirdea, Irina wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bastien Nocera [mailto:hadess@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: 04 June, 2015 15:55 > > To: Tirdea, Irina > > Cc: Mark Rutland; Dmitry Torokhov; linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Purdila, > > Octavian > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] input: goodix: write configuration data to device > > > > On Thu, 2015-05-28 at 13:51 +0000, Tirdea, Irina wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Mark Rutland [mailto:mark.rutland@xxxxxxx] > > > > Sent: 28 May, 2015 16:22 > > > > To: Tirdea, Irina > > > > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov; Bastien Nocera; linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > > devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > > Purdila, Octavian > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] input: goodix: write configuration data to > > > > device > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 01:47:42PM +0100, Irina Tirdea wrote: > > > > > Goodix devices can be configured by writing this information > > > > > to the device at init. The configuration data can > > > > > be provided through the ACPI/device tree property > > > > > "device-config". If "device-config" is not set, the default > > > > > device configuration will be used. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > --- > > > > > .../bindings/input/touchscreen/goodix.txt | 5 + > > > > > drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c | 143 > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > 2 files changed, 148 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > > > diff --git > > > > > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/touchscreen/goodix.txt > > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/touchscreen/goodix.txt > > > > > index 7137881..9e4ff69 100644 > > > > > --- > > > > > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/touchscreen/goodix.txt > > > > > +++ > > > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/touchscreen/goodix.txt > > > > > @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Required properties: > > > > > - irq-gpio : GPIO pin used for IRQ > > > > > - reset-gpio : GPIO pin used for reset > > > > > > > > > > +Optional properties: > > > > > + > > > > > + - device-config : device configuration information > > > > > (specified as byte > > > > > + array). Maximum size is 240 bytes. > > > > > > > > Generally we frown on passing opaque data. > > > > > > > > What exactly is encoded in device-config? The description is very > > > > vague. > > > > > > > > Does this correspond to anything in a data sheet or manual? > > > > > > Yes, it is configuration data described in chapter 6.2. b of the > > > datasheet: > > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxCVOQS3ZymGfmJyY2RKbE5XbVlKN > > > lktVTlwV0lxNEdxd2dzeWZER094cmJPVnMxN1F0Yzg&usp=sharing. > > > This includes things like x/y resolution, maximum touch numbers > > > supported, > > > interrupt flags, various sensitivity factors. > > > > > > I should have included a link to the datasheet in the commit message > > > - will do that in v2 for all patches. > > > > > > I did consider writing this as firmware, but it seems that some > > > Goodix touchscreens have a > > > real firmware they need to write in addition to this configuration > > > data. > > > If there is a better way to do this, please let me know and I will > > > change it. > > > > I would at least expect an excerpt from an ACPI DSDT that would make > > use of that feature. > > Ok, I will add this to the commit message. No, it really shoudl be done via request_firmware() mechanism. There are drivers in kernel that use request_firmware() for both firmware and configuration data (see elan_i2c, elants_i2c, atmel_mxt_ts and I am sure there are others). Thanks. -- Dmitry -- 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
