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SubjectRe: [RFC v1 PATCH 4/6] input: pmic8058_pwrkey: Add support for power key
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 05:30:21PM +0530, Trilok Soni wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> On 11/11/2010 12:51 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Hi Trilkok,
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 06:17:59PM +0530, Trilok Soni wrote:
> >> Add support for PMIC8058 power key driven over dedicated KYPD_PWR_N
> >> pin. It allows the user to specify the amount of time by which the
> >> power key reporting can be delayed.
> >>
> >
> > Why do we need to delay KEY_POWER reporting? Do we need to use high
> > resolution timers or regular timers would do as well? KEY_END
> > appears to be abused (you don't want to move your cursor to the end
> > of line, do you?). Also I wonder if header file should reside in
> > linux/mfd with the rest of pmic8058 components.
>
> Most of the time Mobile devices come with single physical key for
> POWER, which if pressed for less than 500ms (configurable) then it
> will only report KEY_END (which say locks the screen on mobile) and if
> it pressed more than 500ms then it will also report KEY_POWER event
> too, which will say display menu on your mobile for asking you to
> suspend/switch off/etc, operations.
>

I see,. If you would have used KEY_SCREENLOCK iinstead of KEY_END I
would likely not ask this question ;)

> For the timers I can move from hrtimers to regular timers.
>
> For the header file, I can move them to include/linux/mfd too. No
> problem on that.
>

I am not even sure we need to keep them in separate header files, but it
is up to you.

Thanks.

--
Dmitry


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