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From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>, Harry Cutts <hcutts@chromium.org>,
	Nestor Lopez Casado <nlopezcasad@logitech.com>,
	Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] HID: input: use the Resolution Multiplier for high-resolution scrolling
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:51:11 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181127235111.GA7820@jelly> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=widz0eGFuV=bPdXenOEipZg-OTjhfownHUM7gwiZ=4tHw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 06:30:04PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 3:28 PM Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> wrote:
> >
> > The device sends hi-res values of 4, so it should end up as REL_WHEEL_HI_RES
> > 30. We are getting 28 instead which doesn't add up to a nice 120.
> 
> I think you're just doing the math in the wrong order.
> 
> Why don't you just do
> 
>     update = val * 120 / multiplier
> 
> which gives you the expected "30".
> 
> It seems you have done the "120 / multiplier" too early, and you force
> that value into "wheel_factor". Don't. Do all the calculations
> (including all the accumulated ones) in the original values, and only
> do the "multiply by 120 and divide by multiplier" at the very end.

that's such a simple solution that it almost explains why I didn't think of
it... Thanks!

Cheers,
   Peter

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-27 23:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-22  6:34 [PATCH 0/8] HID: MS and Logitech high-resolution scroll wheel support Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 1/8] Input: add `REL_WHEEL_HI_RES` and `REL_HWHEEL_HI_RES` Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 2/8] HID: core: store the collections as a basic tree Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 3/8] HID: core: process the Resolution Multiplier Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 4/8] HID: input: use the Resolution Multiplier for high-resolution scrolling Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22 23:28   ` Peter Hutterer
2018-11-27  2:17     ` Harry Cutts
2018-11-27  2:30     ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-27 23:51       ` Peter Hutterer [this message]
2018-11-28  3:40   ` [PATCH v2 " Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 5/8] HID: logitech-hidpp: fix typo, hiddpp to hidpp Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 6/8] HID: logitech: Use LDJ_DEVICE macro for existing Logitech mice Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 7/8] HID: logitech: Add function to enable HID++ 1.0 "scrolling acceleration" Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22  6:34 ` [PATCH 8/8] HID: logitech: Enable high-resolution scrolling on Logitech mice Peter Hutterer
2018-11-22 17:05   ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-28  3:38   ` [PATCH v2 " Peter Hutterer
2018-11-28 23:03   ` [PATCH " Harry Cutts
2018-11-28 23:22 ` [PATCH 0/8] HID: MS and Logitech high-resolution scroll wheel support Harry Cutts
2018-11-29  4:27   ` Peter Hutterer
2018-11-29 10:25     ` Benjamin Tissoires

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