[PATCH 3/4] iio: mxs: Implement support for touchscreen
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Sat Dec 8 16:03:57 EST 2012
Dear Fabio Estevam,
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > This patch implements support for sampling of a touchscreen into
> > the MXS LRADC driver. The LRADC block allows configuring some of
> > it's channels into special mode where they either output the drive
> > voltage or sample it, allowing it to operate a 4-wire or 5-wire
> > resistive touchscreen.
> >
> > In case the touchscreen mode is enabled, the LRADC slot #7 is
> > reserved for touchscreen only, therefore it is not possible to
> > sample 8 LRADC channels at time, but only 7 channels.
> >
> > The touchscreen controller is configured such that the PENDOWN event
> > disables touchscreen interrupts and triggers execution of worker
> > thread, which then polls the touchscreen controller for X, Y and
> > Pressure values. This reduces the overhead of interrupt-driven
> > operation. Upon the PENUP event, the worker thread re-enables the
> > PENDOWN detection interrupt and exits.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> > Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
> > Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23 at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >
> > .../bindings/staging/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.txt | 6 +
> > drivers/staging/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c | 435
> > +++++++++++++++++++-
>
> What about adding the touchscreen support into a separate file, so
> that users can select/deselect it via Kconfig option?
The touchscreen is way too intertwined with the LRADC, that's why I kept it in
single file. Separating it away would only spawn third lradc.h header file with
all the shared data etc.
I'll elaborate on it more in the other email.
> Not everyone using lradc would be necessarily interested in the
> touchscreen functionality, so better to let it optional.
You can actually disable it via device tree property (and it's disabled by
default).
> Thanks,
>
> Fabio Estevam
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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