Re: [PATCH 0/3] Input: synaptics - multitouch and multifinger support

[Henrik Rydberg]

On 10/11/2010 09:28 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
[...]

> Right, but it's pretty hard to know whether it works really for all
> machines, simply because the current MT-detection is nothing but a
> pure guess work.  As mentioned in another mail, there are devices that
> have no this bit but reports multi-finger detections without
> tracking.  So, there are definitely other things to be checked.
> 
> Thus, I'm inclined to add a module option, at least, for *disabling*
> MT for non-working machines.  Also, another question is whether it's
> safe to enable MT even for user-space that don't understand MT.


Yes, you can add MT support on top of the ST protocol of an existing driver.

Henrik
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/