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

Henrik Rydberg
2011-01-06T17:28:57Z

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 05:08:39PM +0100, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> wrote:
> >> > 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 and Jiri.
>
> Do you want me to send a new patchset with only the new devices?

Yes, please do. Thanks again for doing this, it is going to be
great. I sent comments for the main driver, and will hold off the rest
for the next round, then.

Cheers,
Henrik