linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] [media] v4l2-core: Add support for touch devices

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Message-ID: <20160623224112.GQ32561@dtor-ws>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:41:12 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Nick Dyer <nick.dyer@...ev.co.uk>
Cc:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
	Alan Bowens <Alan.Bowens@...el.com>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
	Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...math.org>,
	Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>,
	James Chen <james.chen@....com.tw>,
	Dudley Du <dudl@...ress.com>,
	Andrew de los Reyes <adlr@...omium.org>,
	sheckylin@...omium.org, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
	Florian Echtler <floe@...terbrot.org>, mchehab@....samsung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] [media] v4l2-core: Add support for touch devices

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:08:25PM +0100, Nick Dyer wrote:
> Some touch controllers send out touch data in a similar way to a
> greyscale frame grabber.
> 
> Use a new device prefix v4l-touch for these devices, to stop generic
> capture software from treating them as webcams.
> 
> Add formats:
> - V4L2_TCH_FMT_DELTA_TD16 for signed 16-bit touch deltas
> - V4L2_TCH_FMT_DELTA_TD08 for signed 16-bit touch deltas
> - V4L2_TCH_FMT_TU16 for unsigned 16-bit touch data
> - V4L2_TCH_FMT_TU08 for unsigned 8-bit touch data
> 
> This support will be used by:
> * Atmel maXTouch (atmel_mxt_ts)
> * Synaptics RMI4.
> * sur40
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Dyer <nick.dyer@...ev.co.uk>

Hans/Mauro, when you merge this can you make a stable branch (maybe
based on 4.6) so I can pull it in as well and then merge the rest?

Thanks!

-- 
Dmitry