Re: v4.1 to v4.7: regression in tsc2005 driver

Pavel Machek
2016-07-17T18:42:15Z

On Sun 2016-07-17 13:24:45, Michael Welling wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 07:52:57PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > tsc2005 driver changed input device name, from
> >
> > drivers/input/touchscreen/tsc2005.c: input_dev->name = "TSC2005
> > touchscreen";
> >
> > to "TSC200X touchscreen". Unfortunately, X seems to propagate that
> > name to userspace, where it is needed to be able to do
> >
> > xinput --set-prop --type=int ...
> >
> > with the right arguments to calibrate touchscreen. (Touchscreen is
> > unusable without calibration).
> >
> > What to do with that?
>
> The input_dev name could be passed to the common probe function.
>
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/input/touchscreen/tsc2005.c#L65

That would be preffered, I guess.

How many stable releases are affected?

Thanks,
Pavel

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