[U-Boot] [PATCH] input: Add MELFAS mms144 touchscreen driver

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Dec 18 09:36:38 CET 2012


Dear Donghwa Lee,

In message <50D02454.2050609 at samsung.com> you wrote:
>
> > Where exactly will this driver be used inside U-Boot?  So far, we
> > don't have any GUI support, do what is a touch driver good for?
...
> We are testing various codes on TRATS board.
> If this patch would be submitted, we can test the codes in a pleasant 
> working environment.
> If this driver is not used for any other purposes in the u-boot, we 
> would use it only inside
> the local tree.

As long as there is no code in mainline U-Boot that actually uses
such a driver, it would only be dead code, that does not even get
compile-tested.  If you are going to add any such code, then please
submit the driver again as part of the patch series that includes the
"user".

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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