Around Sun 17 Sep 2017 13:14:40 +0200 or thereabout, Linus Walleij wrote: > The GPIO mouse device does not have any in-kernel users. > > This series converts it to use descriptors, adds device tree > bindings and adds device tree probing so it can be used for > embedded target etc without proper mouse ports. > > An alternative is to simply delete the driver. But I took > pity in it and I am also worried that the number of out-of-tree > users could be pretty large. > > Hans-Christian: can you express your idea for the future of > this driver? Does this look all right to you? Do you want to > add some users in some device trees maybe? I had completely forgotten about this driver. IIRC we used it quite a lot on various stages of development for Atmel's AVR32 processors, an architecture now removed from the kernel. I have found it quite useful when needing a simple input mouse like device on embedded systems, so hopefully it is of value for other users. OTOH, I have not used this driver for years, but if somebody do occasionally use it, I do not mind it staying around. If the majority of people want it out, then I will not object that either. > Linus Walleij (5): > input: mouse: Kill off platform data for GPIO mouse > input: mouse: Rename GPIO mouse variables > input: mouse: Add DT bindings for GPIO mice > input: mouse: Convert GPIO mouse to use descriptors > input: mouse: Add device tree probing to GPIO mouse > > .../devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-mouse.txt | 32 ++++ > drivers/input/mouse/gpio_mouse.c | 195 +++++++++++---------- > include/linux/gpio_mouse.h | 61 ------- > 3 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 158 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-mouse.txt > delete mode 100644 include/linux/gpio_mouse.h Good work, this driver is a lot more usable rewritten to support device tree instead of platform data. I would assume any 4.14++ kernel users is over on device tree anyway. Acked-by: Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> on these five patches. -- mvh Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt -- 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
