# \[PATCH\] Input: docs - Update according to the latest API changes

- Subsystems: INPUT (KEYBOARD, MOUSE, JOYSTICK, TOUCHSCREEN) DRIVERS, DOCUMENTATION, THE REST
- Maintainers: Dmitry Torokhov, Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
- Status: LANDED (6484e7581732 · 2021-03-25 18:14)
- Landed in mainline as 6484e7581732 on 2021-03-25.
- List: linux-input
- 2 messages, 2 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/03/6288028/t

## \[PATCH\] Input: docs - Update according to the latest API changes

- From: Heikki Krogerus \<heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com\>
- Date: 2021-03-04 09:13:09 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/03/6288028.md

```text
The old device property API is about to be removed, so
explaing how to use complete software nodes instead.

Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
---
 Documentation/input/devices/rotary-encoder.rst | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/input/devices/rotary-encoder.rst b/Documentation/input/devices/rotary-encoder.rst
index 810ae02bdaa0d..5865748c13b96 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/devices/rotary-encoder.rst
+++ b/Documentation/input/devices/rotary-encoder.rst
@@ -107,13 +107,17 @@ example below:
 		},
 	};
 
-	static const struct property_entry rotary_encoder_properties[] __initconst = {
+	static const struct property_entry rotary_encoder_properties[] = {
 		PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("rotary-encoder,steps-per-period", 24),
 		PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("linux,axis",		      ABS_X),
 		PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("rotary-encoder,relative_axis",    0),
 		{ },
 	};
 
+	static const struct software_node rotary_encoder_node = {
+		.properties = rotary_encoder_properties,
+	};
+
 	static struct platform_device rotary_encoder_device = {
 		.name		= "rotary-encoder",
 		.id		= 0,
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ example below:
 	...
 
 	gpiod_add_lookup_table(&rotary_encoder_gpios);
-	device_add_properties(&rotary_encoder_device, rotary_encoder_properties);
+	device_add_software_node(&rotary_encoder_device.dev, &rotary_encoder_node);
 	platform_device_register(&rotary_encoder_device);
 
 	...
-- 
2.30.1

```

## Re: \[PATCH\] Input: docs - Update according to the latest API changes

- From: Dmitry Torokhov \<dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2021-03-21 23:03:17 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/03/6309378.md

```text
On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 12:09:48PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> The old device property API is about to be removed, so
> explaing how to use complete software nodes instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>

Applied, thank you.

-- 
Dmitry
```
