linux-kernel - Re: [Letux-kernel] [PATCH v9 1/8] drivers:input:tsc2007: add new common binding names, pre-calibration, flipping and rotation

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Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:32:28 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
Cc:     Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrey Gelman <andrey.gelman@...pulab.co.il>,
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        Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
        Igor Grinberg <grinberg@...pulab.co.il>,
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        Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com>
Subject: Re: [Letux-kernel] [PATCH v9 1/8] drivers:input:tsc2007: add new
 common binding names, pre-calibration, flipping and rotation

Hi!

> > But if you have userspace that depends on touchscreen to be
> > calibrated... that _is_ wrong.
> 
> User-space people and real users have the opposite opinion. They
> prefer if a touch is plug&play. I.e. without need for calibration.

Some people prefer to calibrate their touchscreens; because of
per-device variations, that gives better precision.

You can pass default calibration data from device tree to kernel to
userland. But you can not force people to use that calibration.

Thanks,
									Pavel
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