From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Matt Gibson <gothick@gothick.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] Add BTN_TOUCH to Synaptics driver. Update mousedev.
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:49:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030928094909.GA21009@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200309272258.05132.gothick@gothick.org.uk>
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 10:58:05PM +0100, Matt Gibson wrote:
> On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 22:21, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > Yes, exactly so. We may have similar problems with differentiation
> > elsewhere (touchpad vs 6dof device), so we'll probably need the 'class'
> > field.
>
> I don't know if this is relevant, but there are some devices which can work
> in either relative (like a touchpad) or absolute (like a touchscreen) mode.
> For example, using a combination of the kernel and the X drivers, at the
> moment I have my Wacom tablet working in relative mode when I'm using its
> mouse, but absolute mode when I'm using its pen.
>
> I'm wondering whether we don't so much need a device class, as something to
> say whether the device works in absolute or relative mode, and that possibly
> we might have devices where this could be dynamically changed.
That's a pretty neat idea, actually. Thanks!
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-28 9:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-25 16:48 My current patches Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 1/8] Revert synaptics->pktcnt change Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 2/8] Fix multibutton handling in synaptics.c Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 3/8] Synaptics code cleanups Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 4/8] Add touchpad support to mousedev.c Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 5/8] Rely less on sanity of AT keyboards Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 6/8] Extend KD?BENT to handle > 256 keycodes Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 7/8] Fix handling of rotated Synaptics touchpads Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 16:50 ` [PATCH 8/8] Add BTN_TOUCH to Synaptics driver. Update mousedev Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 18:23 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2003-09-25 22:30 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-26 5:24 ` Peter Osterlund
2003-09-26 7:24 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2003-09-26 7:54 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-27 1:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2003-09-27 20:19 ` Pavel Machek
2003-09-27 21:05 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-27 21:09 ` Pavel Machek
2003-09-27 21:16 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-27 21:18 ` Pavel Machek
2003-09-27 21:21 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-27 21:58 ` Matt Gibson
2003-09-28 9:49 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
2003-09-25 22:57 ` [PATCH 6/8] Extend KD?BENT to handle > 256 keycodes Andrew Morton
2003-09-25 23:21 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-25 23:38 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-09-26 6:20 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-10-05 15:12 ` [PATCH 5/8] Rely less on sanity of AT keyboards Martin Josefsson
2003-09-25 18:13 ` My current patches Peter Osterlund
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