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From: "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@euromail.se>
To: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	David Solda <dso@cypress.com>, Troy Abercrombia <ta@cypress.com>,
	Dudley Du <dudl@cypress.com>,
	Cypress Semiconductor Corporation <customercare@cypress.com>,
	Kyle Fazzari <git@status.e4ward.com>,
	Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@dell.com>,
	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>,
	Herton Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@canonical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Cypress PS/2 Trackpad driver
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 08:50:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121203075004.GA2817@polaris.bitmath.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354226281-3476-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>

Hi Kamal,

>   Patch #2 (main driver), as recommended by Henrik Rydberg[2]:
>   - use input_mt_assign_slots; drop cypress_cal_finger_id.
>   - enable 2-finger-only SEMI_MT; drop cypress_simulate_fingers.
>   - various code clean-ups.
> 
>   Henrik, does patch #2 appear to properly use assign_slots and SEMI_MT as
>   you intended?  This SEMI_MT method does work (with 2 finger support only),
>   but I'm not clear why we wouldn't want to handle >2 fingers also, so ...

It looks pretty good, please see the patch comments for details. As
Dmitry said, one can report the number of fingers separately from the
two guiding contacts, and this semi-mt behavior is well supported in
userspace.

> 
>   Patch #4 (new) reintroduces simulated multitouch for up to 5 fingers
>   (#if CYPRESS_SIMULATE_MT), disabling SEMI_MT again.
> 
>   If that functionality (support for >2 fingers) can be acheived in some
>   better way, please advise.

Yes, as above, so this patch will not be needed.

Thanks,
Henrik

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-03  7:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-29 21:57 [PATCH v3 0/4] Cypress PS/2 Trackpad driver Kamal Mostafa
2012-11-29 21:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] input: increase struct ps2dev cmdbuf[] to 8 bytes Kamal Mostafa
2012-11-29 21:57 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] input: Cypress PS/2 Trackpad psmouse driver Kamal Mostafa
2012-12-03  3:20   ` Dudley Du
2012-12-03  5:57   ` Dudley Du
2012-12-03  6:31     ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-12-03  6:31       ` Dudley Du
2012-12-03  7:45   ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-12-03 17:04     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-12-05  2:22     ` Kamal Mostafa
2012-12-05  6:24       ` Dudley Du
2012-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] input: Cypress PS/2 Trackpad link into psmouse-base Kamal Mostafa
2012-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] input: Cypress PS/2 Trackpad simulated multitouch Kamal Mostafa
2012-12-03  1:58   ` Dudley Du
2012-12-03  7:36 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Cypress PS/2 Trackpad driver Dmitry Torokhov
2012-12-05  2:22   ` SEMI_MT vs. simulated mt (was Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Cypress PS/2 Trackpad driver) Kamal Mostafa
2012-12-03  7:50 ` Henrik Rydberg [this message]

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