From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, pali.rohar@gmail.com,
sre@kernel.org, aaro.koskinen@iki.fi,
ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com, patrikbachan@gmail.com,
serge@hallyn.com
Subject: Re: v4.1 to v4.7: regression in tsc2005 driver
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:25:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160720062558.GA3792@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160719235120.GD19250@dtor-ws>
Hi!
> > > > > > > drivers/input/touchscreen/tsc2005.c: input_dev->name = "TSC2005
> > > > > > > touchscreen";
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > to "TSC200X touchscreen". Unfortunately, X seems to propagate that
> > > > > > > name to userspace, where it is needed to be able to do
>
> Technically X _is_ userspace.
There's "userspace running as root" and "userspace userspace" :-).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > xinput --set-prop --type=int ...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > with the right arguments to calibrate touchscreen. (Touchscreen is
> > > > > > > unusable without calibration).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What to do with that?
>
> Hmm, I do not think we ever committed for the device names to be stable.
> You are supposed to locate touchscreen device based on its properties
> and you might need some heuristic if you encounter a system with more
> than one such touchscreen.
Well, you are commited now, like it or not, X people did it for you
:-(.
Because there's no other reasonable way to use xinput --set-prop...
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-20 6:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-17 17:52 v4.1 to v4.7: regression in tsc2005 driver Pavel Machek
2016-07-17 18:24 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-17 18:42 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-17 18:51 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-17 20:03 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-17 22:56 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-19 23:51 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 0:39 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-20 0:53 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 1:34 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-20 1:44 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 2:09 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-20 3:49 ` [PATCH] Input: tsc200x - Report proper input_dev name Michael Welling
2016-07-20 6:31 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-20 6:50 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-20 6:54 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-20 7:06 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-20 7:48 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-20 16:45 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 16:56 ` Pali Rohár
2016-07-20 17:04 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 17:14 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 20:25 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-20 20:37 ` Pali Rohár
2016-07-20 16:33 ` v4.1 to v4.7: regression in tsc2005 driver Pali Rohár
2016-07-20 1:26 ` Aaro Koskinen
2016-07-20 2:18 ` Michael Welling
2016-07-20 6:25 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2016-07-20 16:23 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 20:22 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-20 21:47 ` Peter Hutterer
2016-07-20 22:20 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-20 22:55 ` Peter Hutterer
2016-07-21 6:32 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-21 6:42 ` Peter Hutterer
2016-07-21 8:54 ` Pavel Machek
2016-07-21 9:04 ` Pali Rohár
2016-07-22 0:12 ` Peter Hutterer
2016-07-25 14:59 ` Pali Rohár
2016-07-31 21:28 ` Peter Hutterer
2016-07-22 0:10 ` Peter Hutterer
2016-07-22 0:57 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-07-25 14:56 ` Pali Rohár
2016-07-28 19:33 ` Pavel Machek
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