From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Henrik Rydberg Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:52:24 +0100 Message-ID: <49145628.7030804@euromail.se> References: <49142351.9080805@euromail.se> <3aaafc130811070534p54eebeb6q9b57d3e847ed859a@mail.gmail.com> <49145016.7090206@euromail.se> <3aaafc130811070636g681accf5qae252679c2edcdb9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.213]:56066 "EHLO ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751437AbYKGOw1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:52:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <3aaafc130811070636g681accf5qae252679c2edcdb9@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: "J.R. Mauro" Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , Andrew Morton , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Have you worked with MPX? Or was a vanilla-X11 driver simple enough? > How does this all get presented to userspace applications? Multiple > mouse inputs or special stuff that applications would need a rewrite > to leverage? MPX is about making use of multiple pointers. The MT protocol is about making use of multiple fingers. It can in principle be used as input to MPX applications; I will bring it up with Peter Hutterer. However, the main aim is to bring advanced gestures to the linux desktop. Henrik