linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix genius pensketch 12x9 tablet

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Date:	Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:30:09 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Matt Helsley <matt.helsley@...il.com>
cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix genius pensketch 12x9 tablet

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Matt Helsley wrote:

> The Genius PenSketch 12x9 tablet has a puck (labeled a "Tablet Mouse") 
> in addition to a pen. Without registering a quirk the tablet appears to 
> be a single input device that reports the wrong axis information in 
> /proc/bus/input/devices, and sends incorrect events (e.g. ABS_Z instead 
> of ABS_Y). This information confuses the X evdev driver and makes the 
> device impossible to use.
> The quirk fixes events and splits the device into multiple input
> event devices so that at least the puck is useful.

I have applied the patch to HID tree, thanks a lot Matt.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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