linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] HID: multitouch cleanups and support for fancy devices

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1403051430450.30402@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:31:39 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
cc:	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...il.com>,
	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>,
	Stephane Chatty <chatty@...c.fr>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] HID: multitouch cleanups and support for fancy
 devices

On Fri, 28 Feb 2014, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:

> - the first patch is mainly a way for us to reduce the work load regarding hid-mt
>   when device makers ask for an inclusion in the kernel.
>   Also, I have been notified that a Quanta 3008 was not working, and it occurs
>   that this particular device has a special handling in hid-mt. Of course, the
>   hardware maker reused the same VID/PID, but changed the protocol.
>   So yes, I am in favour of killing all unneeded special cases.
> 
>   I checked all the devices I was able to test, and this leaves us a bunch of
>   devices which, I am sure, could be removed too (all the ones following
>   MT_CLS_NSMU should be in this case). So, if anyone else wants to join me in
>   this crusade, I'd be glad to receive patches.
> 
> - the second and third patch are the v2 of the series I sent back in December
>   2013 ([PATCH 0/3] Change in handling different input device in hid-multitouch).
>   Henrik made valuable comments, and I did not had the time to look at it and to
>   figure out how to address them. Now I got a different look at this work, and
>   I think I addressed the issues (no more function pointers, yeah!)

This is now queued for 3.15 -- so please send any followup patches / 
comments on top of for-3.15/multitouch.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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