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From: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: bcm5974: report ABS_MT events
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:08:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AD3B6E2.9020703@euromail.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091012154528.6830da60.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:23:43 +0200
> "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@euromail.se> wrote:
> 
>> This patch makes bcm5974 report raw multi-touch (MT) data in the form
>> of ABS_MT events. The module parameter (nomt) may be used to turn off
>> the effect of this patch.
>>
> 
> Why do we need a module parameter to disable the newly-added feature?

All MT events bypass the input filtering and gets sent directly to the X driver.
Although it works as intended, without visible side effects, the stream of
events is rather large, and since the bypassing is completely new behavior, I
felt compelled to provide an option to turn it all off. Perhaps it is just me
being paranoid.

> 
> IMO, your first patch ("input: bcm5974: retract efi-broken
> suspend_resume") is 2.6.32 material whereas this one is 2.6.33
> material?
> 
> This assumes that the two patches can be safely separated in this
> manner, which does appear to be the case.
> 

I was imagining both for 2.6.33; the efi booting is just beginning to work, and
since no distro is using it fully so far the problem currently only hits the
adventure-seekers anyways.

Cheers,
Henrik


  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-12 23:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-12 22:23 [PATCH] input: bcm5974: retract efi-broken suspend_resume Henrik Rydberg
2009-10-12 22:23 ` [PATCH] input: bcm5974: report ABS_MT events Henrik Rydberg
2009-10-12 22:45   ` Andrew Morton
2009-10-12 23:08     ` Henrik Rydberg [this message]
2009-10-13  6:12       ` Dmitry Torokhov

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