Re: [RFC v2 0/10] hid-multitouch: a first step towards multitouch unification

Henrik Rydberg
2011-01-06T16:06:39Z

> > The point is that currently we have users that want to have a proper
> > support for their device (PixCir, Cypress TrueTouch and GeneralTouch),
> > and it's a shame to ask them to wait for 3 more months.

That is understandable, but for the future, please bear in mind that
submitting patches in the merge window is the worst possible time
within that three-month period.

> > Maybe a solution would be to make what we can here during this merge
> > window to add support for at least the new devices. Then, in 2.6.39
> > and above, we could still migrate other devices, and eventually modify
> > some lines in the code.
> >
> > Jiri, Dmitry, what do you think?
>
> I still have to go through the patchset, my backlog has grown very badly
> recently, sorry.
>
> In case the patchset doesn't impose danger of regressions for already
> existing devices, we could merge this new 'unified' driver only for newly
> supported devices, and finish the unification in 2.6.39.

Sounds reasonable.

Thanks,
Henrik