Hi Simon,
On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 12:25 PM Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 12:59:20PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Thursday, 6 September 2018 12:42:32 EEST Simon Horman wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:58:54AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 9:44 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > >> The Salvator-X and XS boards have a 4 lines DIP switch and 3 push
> > > >> buttons connected to SoC GPIOs, meant to be used as general-purpose test
> > > >> keys. Add a corresponding node in DT, mapping (semi-randomly) the DIP
> > > >> switch to keys 1-4 and the push buttons to keys A-C.
> > > >>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart
> > > >> <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Given GP6_1[123] are not just wired to the 3 push buttons, but also to 3
> > > > LEDs, I wonder if we shouldn't postpone that part until Linux can handle
> > > > GPIOs connected to both?
> > >
> > > Laurent, any thoughts on that?
> >
> > Right now the GPIOs are not wired in DT, and we're thus without a way to
> > interface to both LEDs and push buttons. While I agree that an ideal
> > solution would be to support both, I think that moving from nothing to
> > support for push buttons would be a step forward already.
>
> I tend to agree. Geert, what are your thoughts?
Fine for me.
Just one more bikeshedding question: what's most useful, buttons or LEDs? ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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