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From: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: mt: Add an envelope tool type
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:02:52 +0100
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On 12/08/2010 08:51 PM, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar wrote:

> I have seen this touchless touchpad hardware (huh?)
> it detects finger/hand and it's better explained by a video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SjMdtdhXlA
> 
> How it fit in the convex notion?


This is precisely what the patch for ABS_MT_DISTANCE is for. Perhaps you meant
to comment on that email. This one is about support for hardware without
individual finger detection capabilities.

Henrik