From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: add mmio xi driver Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:46:07 -0700 Message-ID: <20080926174607.GA700@suse.de> References: <20080925232237.GA22938@suse.de> <20080925182055.f12f5d0b.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20080926031918.GA10083@suse.de> <48DCBEC3.2020904@hannent.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:34255 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752900AbYIZToq (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:44:46 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48DCBEC3.2020904@hannent.co.uk> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Phil Hannent Cc: Randy Dunlap , Dmitry Torokhov , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, mwilder@cs.nmsu.edu On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:51:47AM +0100, Phil Hannent wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 06:20:55PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:22:37 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > >> > >>> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman > >>> > >>> This patch adds the Mimio Xi interactive whiteboard driver to the tree. > >>> > >>> It was originally written by mwilder@cs.nmsu.edu, but cleaned up and > >>> forward ported by me to the latest kernel version. > I have been given the protocol document for the whiteboards, I am not allowed to > share it with anybody unfortunately. That's great news, and not that big of a deal about the "no share" issue as long as you are allowed to contribute. > I am just waiting for approval of funds for me to start development of this > driver and an X11 library to make the ink capture work. Um, what's wrong with the driver that I just posted? Does it not work properly? I'll gladly accept patches for things that are wrong, but don't start over from scratch please. > I expect to start work at the end of October, I could do with a mentor to help > me with this. If you need help on the kernel side, feel free to contact me off-list. thanks, greg k-h