Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC terminal server?

[Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>]

Leonardo E. Reiter wrote:
> Hi Anthony,
>
> I noticed that the Windows driver does not work... it does send a 
> bunch of commands to the tablet, mostly resets, but then claims that 
> it can't discover it.  I downloaded the latest driver from wacom.com.

Yes, this is what I said.  The Windows driver uses a bunch more commands 
than the Linux driver that I have not implemented (which is why I 
haven't submitted to this list yet).

> I did not try this with a Linux guest yet.... maybe that should be my 
> next thing, and see what it will take to make it work without the SDL 
> grab altogether (and sync up).  If that can work reliably, then adding 
> the bits to the protocol that Windows expects would be worth the work.
>
> I'm thinking that this device would be a good complementary option to 
> an absolute USB HID device.  Having both in the long run won't hurt, 
> especially if certain OS's prefer serial over USB absolute pointers, 
> and vice versa.

Xorg CVS has initial support for absolute USB devices so I think this is 
the best route for the future.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> - Leo Reiter
>
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> The driver isn't built into Windows.  It's pretty easy to install 
>> though and the way my patch works, the PS/2 mouse is used until it 
>> detects the tablet has been enabled.
>>
>> The Windows driver uses quite a bit more of the features of the 
>> tablet than the X driver so there's a bit more work to do but nothing 
>> extraordinary.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Anthony Liguori
>