linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid: Add a hid quirk for input sync override

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Date:	Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:30:48 +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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid: Add a hid quirk for input sync override

On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, Henrik Rydberg wrote:

> >> As of lately, HID devices which send per-frame data split over several
> >> HID reports have started to emerge. This patch adds a quirk which
> >> allows the HID driver to take over the input layer synchronization,
> >> and hence the control of the frame boundary.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
> >> ---
> >> Jiri, Dmitry, Stephane,
> >>
> >> No doubt, this is not a final solution, but it serves the purpose of
> >> being able to make existing drivers functional while a satisfactory
> >> solution is being worked out.
> > 
> > Hi Henrik,
> > 
> > I obviously don't have any major objections to the patch, as it was my 
> > initial idea :)
> 
> 
> Ah! Then all is fine. :-)
> 
> > 
> > I'd like to merge it together with driver which actually uses it though.
> 
> 
> Sounds good. I suppose Stephane wants to have a say regarding the 3m driver
> first, but no rush. What version are you targeting?

2.6.37 looks reasonable if everything it agreed upon in the following 
week(s).

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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