linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid-input: Use a larger event buffer for MT devices

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1006141354040.12271@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:55:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephane Chatty <chatty@...c.fr>,
	Rafi Rubin <rafi@...s.upenn.edu>,
	Michael Poole <mdpoole@...ilus.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid-input: Use a larger event buffer for MT devices

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Henrik Rydberg wrote:

> The MT devices produce a lot of data. Tell the underlying input device
> approximately how many events will be sent per synchronization, to allow
> for better buffering. The number is a template based on continuously
> reporting details for each finger on a single hand.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
> ---
> Hi Jiri,
> 
> This patch goes together with the evdev buffer patchset, which Dmitry
> is going to queue for 2.6.36.

So it makes sense to take it together with the rest of the patchset to 
avoid syncing problems between the trees.

Dmitry, could you please add

	Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

to Henrik's patch and take it through your tree together with the rest?

Thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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