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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jirislaby@gmail.com,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Phil Hannent <phil@hannent.co.uk>,
	mwilder@cs.nmsu.edu, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: mimio, add extra sync to down-up input events
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:41:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100215154158.GA22102@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1266179821-900-1-git-send-email-jslaby@suse.cz>

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 09:37:01PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Userspace is allowed to coalesce events between SYNCs. And since the code
> emits UP right after DOWN for the same key, it may be missed
> (up+down=nothing). Add an extra sync in between UP and DOWN events to disable
> the coalesce.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org
> Cc: Phil Hannent <phil@hannent.co.uk>
> Cc: <mwilder@cs.nmsu.edu>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/mimio/mimio.c |    6 ++++++

Heh, I just deleted this driver from the staging tree, and it's gone in
linux-next, as the company now has a libusb version that works
cross-platform without any kernel changes needed.

So thanks for the patch, but it is no longer needed :)

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2010-02-15 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-14 20:37 [PATCH] staging: mimio, add extra sync to down-up input events Jiri Slaby
2010-02-15 15:41 ` Greg KH [this message]

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