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

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Message-ID: <4C167245.1050907@euromail.se>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:17:41 +0200
From:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
To:	Ping Cheng <pinglinux@...il.com>
CC:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	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

Ping Cheng wrote:
[...]
> Do we really want to use a hardcoded number here? Considering you have
> used the same value in your "input: bcm5974" patch, adding it as an
> ifdef in linux/input.h should not be an overkill in design and offers
> the other drivers a chance to use it.

Well, I think it is. The fact that it appears more than once rather points to
the general duplication between HID and special input devices. A function like
"input_device_needs_more_bandwidth()" would be clean, but it just does not seem
worth it.

Henrik

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