Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On 2/16/07, Andres Salomon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> > On Thursday 15 February 2007 20:30, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:55:29 -0500
>> >> Andres Salomon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> [...]
>> >> Perhaps a nicer implementation would be to have a separate .c file
>> for each
>> >> variant.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Having completely separate sub-drivers is very hard because of very
>> delicate
>> > PS/2 protocol probing....
>> >
>> > What do you think about patch below? It somewhat reduces #ifdef
>> clutter in main
>> > module moving it in .h files...
>> >
>>
>> Normally, I'm a fan of that sort of thing. However, in this case, I
>> think it makes sense to have the #ifdefs right in the probe function; at
>> least for me, it makes it easier to understand what's going on. The
>> synaptics stuff is especially tricky; with a cursory glance over the
>> code, one might assume that all the synaptics functions disappear when
>> CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS is unset. However, if the #ifdef's are in
>> the probe function, it's pretty clear that some synaptics functions
>> still get called even when CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS is unset.
>>
>
> Thit is a valid point but #ifdef maze in the middle of already messy
> psmouse-extensions() is too much for me. I guess I will just add a
> comment explaining that synaptics probing is really special.
Fair enough. Anything you need me to do to move that along? :)
>
> Btw, can I get that OLPC patch when you have time?
>
There are some hardware workarounds (sigh) that need cleaning up, then
I'll submit it.
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