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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/53] Input: atmel_mxt_ts - Add memory access interface via sysfs
On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 12:34:57PM +0100, Nick Dyer wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:

> > This is yet another reason for implementing the protocol properly
> > instead of trying to bodge around the kernel. It really seems like
> > the biggest problem here is the decision to try to bodge the entire
> > thing into userspace with no kernel support.

> With the interface I am proposing it is handled properly, in the kernel driver.

You're proposing doing this using direct register I/O...

> From an Atmel perspective, Linux is just another platform and we want to
> use our existing investment in tools and documentation to manage & debug
> chips embedded in Linux based devices. So providing a bridge using a

Broadly speaking the kernel upstream just don't care about this.

> > That sounded like what you were talking about, it's pretty common and is
> > sane enough for reads.

> The address pointer is shared between reads and writes on maXTouch, but I
> guess that's not a huge problem.

That's totally normal.
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