linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] hid-multitouch: Filter collections by application usage.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:47:00 +0200
From:	Stéphane Chatty <chatty@...c.fr>
To:	Jeffrey Brown <jeffbrown@...roid.com>
Cc:	benjamin.tissoires@...il.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
	rydberg@...omail.se
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] hid-multitouch: Filter collections by application  usage.


Le 25 juil. 2011 à 20:08, Jeffrey Brown a écrit :

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Stéphane Chatty <chatty@...c.fr> wrote:
>> So far it works fine on our Cypress panel. I'll keep you posted about Lumio and Stantum as soon as we have finished compiling Linux 3.0.
> 
> Actually, I'm wondering if we could merge hid-multitouch into hid-input.
> 
> Checking for an application usage of TouchScreen or TouchPad should be
> pretty unambiguous.  It ought to be possible to support most Windows 7
> compatible HID multitouch devices out of the box without needing to
> add them to any exception lists whatsoever, except for those few that
> might need quirks.


Yes, Benjamin and I have been working in this direction. We have experimental code that autodectects multitouch devices. It's not polished nor tested enough, but the number of requests for supporting new panels is a strong incentive for us to finish it :-) As far as I remember, this requires some restructuring in hid-input though.

Cheers,

St.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/