Re: [PATCH 2/3] hid-multitouch: Filter collections by application usage.

From: Stéphane Chatty
Date: Mon Jul 25 2011 - 14:47:06 EST



Le 25 juil. 2011 à 20:08, Jeffrey Brown a écrit :

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Stéphane Chatty <chatty@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> So far it works fine on our Cypress panel. I'll keep you posted about Lumio and Stantum as soon as we have finished compiling Linux 3.0.
>
> Actually, I'm wondering if we could merge hid-multitouch into hid-input.
>
> Checking for an application usage of TouchScreen or TouchPad should be
> pretty unambiguous. It ought to be possible to support most Windows 7
> compatible HID multitouch devices out of the box without needing to
> add them to any exception lists whatsoever, except for those few that
> might need quirks.


Yes, Benjamin and I have been working in this direction. We have experimental code that autodectects multitouch devices. It's not polished nor tested enough, but the number of requests for supporting new panels is a strong incentive for us to finish it :-) As far as I remember, this requires some restructuring in hid-input though.

Cheers,

St.

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