From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Henrik Rydberg" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: wacom - Add POINTER and DIRECT device properties Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:09:11 +0200 Message-ID: <20110913080911.GA4986@polaris.bitmath.org> References: <1314892843-1475-1-git-send-email-killertofu@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtprelay-b22.telenor.se ([195.54.99.213]:53480 "EHLO smtprelay-b22.telenor.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755166Ab1IMIFq (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:05:46 -0400 Received: from ipb2.telenor.se (ipb2.telenor.se [195.54.127.165]) by smtprelay-b22.telenor.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B8C2EAF12 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:05:42 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1314892843-1475-1-git-send-email-killertofu@gmail.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Jason Gerecke Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, pinglinux@gmail.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com Hi Jason, > Adds INPUT_PROP_POINTER or INPUT_PROP_DIRECT as necessary to the > hardware supported by the Wacom driver. The DIRECT property is > assigned to devices with an embedded screen (i.e. touchscreens > and display tablets). The POINTER property is assigned to those > without embedded screens. > > Signed-off-by: Jason Gerecke > --- According to the discussion leading up to the properties interface (https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/15/263), a tablet is a direct pointer device, as opposed to a touchpad, which is an indirect pointer device. The distinction determines the direction of two-finger scroll, for instance. The question is then what behavior should be assigned to a large tablet without an embedded screen. It should have POINTER set for sure, but should it also have DIRECT set? Thanks, Henrik