Re: [PATCH] staging: mimio, add extra sync to down-up input events

[Greg KH]

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@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Phil Hannent <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <mwilder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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
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