From: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:31:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4924A1CF.1050703@euromail.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081119113508.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net>
Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Henrik,
>
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 12:15:29PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
>> In order to utilize the full power of the new multi-touch devices, a
>> way to report detailed finger data to user space is needed. This patch
>> adds a multi-touch (MT) protocol which allows drivers to report details
>> for an arbitrary number of fingers.
>>
[...]
>
> Sorry for the long silence. I don't think utilizing button events for
> this is a good idea. I'd rather just start reporting extended touch
> events for a finger and signal end of sub-packet with something like
> EV_SYN/SYN_MT_REPORT.
>
Long time no see :-)
Yes, there has been quite a bit of feedback on this patch, and using
EV_SYN the way you suggest came up. Thanks - will redo.
Henrik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-19 23:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-07 11:15 [PATCH] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-07 13:34 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-07 14:26 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-07 14:36 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-07 14:52 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-07 14:57 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-07 15:07 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-11 4:08 ` Peter Hutterer
2008-11-08 0:51 ` Arjan Opmeer
2008-11-08 10:43 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-08 11:29 ` Arjan Opmeer
2008-11-08 12:02 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-11 4:13 ` Peter Hutterer
2008-11-11 4:20 ` Peter Hutterer
2008-11-11 11:19 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-19 16:37 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-11-19 16:54 ` Jim Gettys
2008-11-19 23:34 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-21 14:43 ` Jim Gettys
2008-11-19 23:31 ` Henrik Rydberg [this message]
2008-11-21 14:44 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-21 16:04 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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