Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: synaptics - add multitouch packet support

[Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 04:24:40PM -0500, Chase Douglas wrote:
> > Is this custom code or in upstream (are you talking about
> > inside_active_area logic?)?  I'm not sure why your seeing a jump if
> > its being discarded.  There is a chance that something related to this
> > discard logic is defeating the other logic that handles jumps caused
> > during finger transitions.
> 
> In Ubuntu 10.10 I think we are using an in-house patched hack. It was
> necessary for an Dell Minis, which was a paid OEM services project, so
> we needed a fix ASAP at the time. I believe xf86-input-synaptics has an
> option for this now, so we'll probably transition whenever someone gets
> a chance to take another look. It may be something that would be handled
> better by the upstream logic. When I get a chance I'll try the upstream
> logic instead.

mostly identical logic, but the Ubuntu patches only covered the bottom edge
(MovementBottomEdge option, IIRC). The upstream version covers all four
edges with AreaLeftEdge and friends.
recent X servers also support a percentage as option, so instead of the
hardcoded value for the edge, you can say Option "AreaBottomEdge" "20%"

I've had a few attempts to fix this touchpad to work slighlty better but
the box died on me before I could finish it. Feel free to send me one of
these machines if you want it fixed, it's been bugging me for ages :)

Cheers,
  Peter