From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Silverstone Subject: Re: usbtouchscreen: Add support for Zytronic capacitive touchscreen Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:36:53 +0000 Message-ID: <1231954613.9219.8.camel@ataraxia> References: <20090109121026.052643915@fluff.org.uk> <20090111234903.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> <1231751234.23618.6.camel@petitemort> <20090112212907.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> <1231838958.30531.3.camel@petitemort> <20090114053515.GC4375@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from batfish.pepperfish.net ([87.237.62.180]:44743 "EHLO flounder.pepperfish.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757497AbZANRgV (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:36:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20090114053515.GC4375@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Ben Dooks , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, vince@simtec.co.uk On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 21:35 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > As I understand it; yes. (Some bits of hardware really are hideous > > things) Indeed if the driver fails to load quickly enough, the device > > might disconnect/reconnect before the driver can get hold of it. > Geez... you sure it wasn't just broken device/batch? Nope, the datasheet proudly proclaims this watchdog functionality. > > Unfortunately it's often harder to get people to change their userland > > than their kernel. It seems a pity to make the driver less useful during > > any longer-term effort to fix TSLIB. If acceptance of this patch is > > predicated on removing that then I guess we'll have to discuss it > > amongst ourselves and try and work out what we'd rather do. Is removing > > the fake pressure report a requirement or a would-like? > I just checked TSLIB and the change to recognize devices that do not > report pressure was applied 2 months ago so everything should work fine > now. I do not think that we need to implement workarounds in newly > added drivers just because users are not willing to upgrade their > TSLIB installation. I see. I shall look into sorting out a fresh patch without fake pressure. Regards, Daniel. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.simtec.co.uk/ PGP mail accepted and encouraged. Key Id: 2BC8 4016 2068 7895