Re: Touchpad problems with 2.6.11-rc2

[Peter Osterlund]

Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:07:21 -0800 (PST), Peter Osterlund
> <petero2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +                               if (mousedev->pkt_count >= 2) {
> > +                                       tmp = ((fx(0) - fx(2)) * (250 * FRACTION_DENOM)) / size;
> > +                                       tmp += mousedev->frac_dx;
> > +                                       mousedev->packet.dx = tmp / FRACTION_DENOM;
> > +                                       mousedev->frac_dx = tmp - mousedev->packet.dx * FRACTION_DENOM;
> > +                               }
> 
> What about setting scale to 256 and fractions to 128 - that should
> save some cycles? Or it will be too much?

It at least saves 32 bytes of object code. The mouse pointer speed
increase will only be 256/250, or 2.4%, so shouldn't be a problem.
Setting FRACTION_DENOM to a larger value is actually a good thing as
long as it doesn't cause arithmetic overflow.

Here is an updated patch:

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@xxxxxxxxx>
---

 linux-petero/drivers/input/mousedev.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/input/mousedev.c~mousedev-roundoff drivers/input/mousedev.c
--- linux/drivers/input/mousedev.c~mousedev-roundoff	2005-02-02 20:54:23.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-petero/drivers/input/mousedev.c	2005-02-02 22:20:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct mousedev {
 	struct mousedev_hw_data packet;
 	unsigned int pkt_count;
 	int old_x[4], old_y[4];
+	int frac_dx, frac_dy;
 	unsigned long touch;
 };
 
@@ -117,24 +118,31 @@ static struct mousedev mousedev_mix;
 
 static void mousedev_touchpad_event(struct input_dev *dev, struct mousedev *mousedev, unsigned int code, int value)
 {
-	int size;
+	int size, tmp;
+#define FRACTION_DENOM 128
 
 	if (mousedev->touch) {
+		size = dev->absmax[ABS_X] - dev->absmin[ABS_X];
+		if (size == 0) size = xres;
 		switch (code) {
 			case ABS_X:
-				size = dev->absmax[ABS_X] - dev->absmin[ABS_X];
-				if (size == 0) size = xres;
 				fx(0) = value;
-				if (mousedev->pkt_count >= 2)
-					mousedev->packet.dx = ((fx(0) - fx(1)) / 2 + (fx(1) - fx(2)) / 2) * xres / (size * 2);
+				if (mousedev->pkt_count >= 2) {
+					tmp = ((fx(0) - fx(2)) * (256 * FRACTION_DENOM)) / size;
+					tmp += mousedev->frac_dx;
+					mousedev->packet.dx = tmp / FRACTION_DENOM;
+					mousedev->frac_dx = tmp - mousedev->packet.dx * FRACTION_DENOM;
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case ABS_Y:
-				size = dev->absmax[ABS_Y] - dev->absmin[ABS_Y];
-				if (size == 0) size = yres;
 				fy(0) = value;
-				if (mousedev->pkt_count >= 2)
-					mousedev->packet.dy = -((fy(0) - fy(1)) / 2 + (fy(1) - fy(2)) / 2) * yres / (size * 2);
+				if (mousedev->pkt_count >= 2) {
+					tmp = -((fy(0) - fy(2)) * (256 * FRACTION_DENOM)) / size;
+					tmp += mousedev->frac_dy;
+					mousedev->packet.dy = tmp / FRACTION_DENOM;
+					mousedev->frac_dy = tmp - mousedev->packet.dy * FRACTION_DENOM;
+				}
 				break;
 		}
 	}
_

-- 
Peter Osterlund - petero2@xxxxxxxxx
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340
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