linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] input: mt: Document the MT event slot protocol (rev3)

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Message-ID: <4BF6C7B6.2020008@euromail.se>
Date:	Fri, 21 May 2010 19:49:42 +0200
From:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	Ping Cheng <pinglinux@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@...ia.com>,
	Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <tissoire@...a.fr>,
	Stephane Chatty <chatty@...c.fr>,
	Rafi Rubin <rafi@...s.upenn.edu>,
	Michael Poole <mdpoole@...ilus.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] input: mt: Document the MT event slot protocol (rev3)

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> 
> I guess this is where our disconnect lies as when I am looking at the
> event names I view all *_MT_* events as related to the multitouch
> protocol handling.
> 

Yes. It is true that slot control is MT related, but I am looking at this from
the perspective of future expansions like KEY_MT,  KEY_REL, and such, finding a
way to signal to user space which events are handled via slots. If we had
ABS_MT_SLOT, we would most likely get applications which store ABS_MT_SLOT as an
attribute of the slot together with ABS_MT_POSITION_X, ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR, etc,
which is just not right. So the proposal is ABS_SLOT. May we have your verdict,
please. :-)

Henrik
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