From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [patch 1/9] input: mousedev: distinguish a moving finger from a tapping finger Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 20:22:47 -0700 Message-ID: <20090514032246.GB12778@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> References: <200905122102.n4CL2KWY006881@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.238]:50668 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752821AbZENDW4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2009 23:22:56 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f9so613118rvb.1 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 20:22:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200905122102.n4CL2KWY006881@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, rydberg@euromail.se Hi Andrew, On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 01:43:04PM -0700, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: > From: Henrik Rydberg > > The tap functionality of mousedev does not distinguish between a tap > (on/off localized in time and space) and a quick move (on/off localized in > time only). This patch improves the tap detection by testing also for > space locality. > I will not be applying this patch. Mousedev is legacy interface and we should not be extending it; synaptics X driver does properly handle advanced touchpad and is included in every [major] distribution. Thanks. -- Dmitry