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From: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: mt: Simplify event bypass logic
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 09:34:21 +0200
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Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 03:49:39PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
>> The input bypass mechanism is only used by the MT events. Since all
>> MT events use bypassing by construction, the current list is a mere
>> duplication of input.h. This patch replaces the bypass list by a
>> simple range test.
>>
> 
> Henrik,
> 
> I disagree with the patch. I can not guarantee that we will be able to
> maintain continuous range of ABS_MT_* events and thus current scheme is
> more flexible.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Yes, I was hesitant myself. I would rather keep all [ABS_MAX + 1 - ABS_MT_MIN]
in the slot. Introduces a memory slack but is more flexible.

Henrik