Re: [alps] Timing patch, revised again :-)

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 08:53:57PM +0100, Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
> > 
> > Ah, ok, so when we report all 3 buttons pressed we mistaken it as interleaved 
> > packet again... Insteado f waiting till 9th byte can't we just forcefully
> > exit inetrleaved mode (once we processed the bare packet) by doing:
> > 
> >      psmouse->packet[3] &= 0xf7;
> 
> Hmm I guess we could do something like this, but IMHO it makes the code
> needlessly arcane.  What would be the point?  Save 3 bytes of buffer?
> Deliver the mouse movement a microsecond earlier?

No, this allows us validate the data bytes as tehy come in and probably
detect desync right away and resync earlier.

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Dmitry