From: Christopher Heiny <cheiny@synaptics.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Input <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>,
Joerie de Gram <j.de.gram@gmail.com>,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>,
Naveen Kumar Gaddipati <naveen.gaddipati@stericsson.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] input: Synaptics RMI4 Touchscreen Driver
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:09:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F060388.80802@synaptics.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120105075855.GD31895@core.coreip.homeip.net>
On 01/04/2012 11:58 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 06:09:51PM -0800, Christopher Heiny wrote:
>> This patch implements a driver supporting Synaptics ClearPad and other
>> touchscreen sensors that use the RMI4 protocol, as defined here:
>>
>> http://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/511-000136-01-Rev-E-RMI4%20Intrfacing%20Guide.pdf
>>
>> as well as successor documents that haven't made their way through to
>> publication yet.
[snip]
>> - character device access to the RMI4 register map via rmidev
>
> Could you please tell me why this facility is needed?
In conjunction with an Android application (Synaptics RED), this allows
the PC-based Design Studio 4 configuration and diagnostic tool to access
the RMI4 sensor via USB, Wifi, Bluetooth, etc. We figured it might also
be useful to the general development community, so we included it here.
Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-05 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-22 2:09 [RFC PATCH 00/11] input: Synaptics RMI4 Touchscreen Driver Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 1/11] input: RMI4 public header file and documentation Christopher Heiny
2012-01-06 6:35 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-01-09 20:31 ` Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 2/11] input: RMI4 core bus and sensor drivers Christopher Heiny
2012-01-02 6:38 ` Shubhrajyoti
2012-01-05 20:49 ` Christopher Heiny
2012-01-05 21:58 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2012-01-06 1:56 ` Christopher Heiny
2012-01-06 2:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-01-07 3:26 ` Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 3/11] input: RMI4 physical layer drivers for I2C and SPI Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 4/11] input: RMI4 KConfigs and Makefiles Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 5/11] input: rmidev character driver for RMI4 sensors Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 6/11] input: RMI4 F09 - self test Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 7/11] input: RMI4 F01 - device control Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:09 ` [RFC PATCH 8/11] input: RMI4 F54 - analog data reporting Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:10 ` [RFC PATCH 9/11] input: RMI F34 - firmware reflash Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:10 ` [RFC PATCH 10/11] input: RMI4 F19 - capacitive buttons Christopher Heiny
2012-01-05 7:53 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-01-06 0:05 ` Christopher Heiny
2012-01-06 2:50 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-01-09 21:02 ` Christopher Heiny
2011-12-22 2:10 ` [RFC PATCH 11/11] input: RMI4 F11 - multifinger pointing Christopher Heiny
2012-01-01 13:51 ` [RFC PATCH 00/11] input: Synaptics RMI4 Touchscreen Driver Linus Walleij
2012-01-04 1:51 ` Christopher Heiny
2012-01-05 7:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-01-05 20:09 ` Christopher Heiny [this message]
2012-08-17 22:17 Christopher Heiny
2012-08-22 12:50 ` Linus Walleij
2012-08-22 21:29 ` Christopher Heiny
2012-08-27 23:20 ` Christopher Heiny
2012-08-28 0:12 ` Linus Walleij
2012-08-27 23:05 ` Linus Walleij
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