From: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
To: "J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:07:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4914599D.9060403@euromail.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3aaafc130811070657o63894848l3c11989c9b0f2911@mail.gmail.com>
> I think this approach is cleaner than "fooling" userspace into seeing
> a bunch of mice.
The many-input-device approach has problems with synchronicity. In
particular when envisioning the appearance of more advanced chips,
with finger matching in hardware. Currently, no chip with open or
sufficient documentation has these features, but it is probably
only a matter of time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-07 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-07 11:15 [PATCH] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-07 13:34 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-07 14:26 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-07 14:36 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-07 14:52 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-07 14:57 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-07 15:07 ` Henrik Rydberg [this message]
2008-11-11 4:08 ` Peter Hutterer
2008-11-08 0:51 ` Arjan Opmeer
2008-11-08 10:43 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-08 11:29 ` Arjan Opmeer
2008-11-08 12:02 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-11 4:13 ` Peter Hutterer
2008-11-11 4:20 ` Peter Hutterer
2008-11-11 11:19 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-19 16:37 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-11-19 16:54 ` Jim Gettys
2008-11-19 23:34 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-21 14:43 ` Jim Gettys
2008-11-19 23:31 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-21 14:44 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-11-21 16:04 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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