linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: Accutouch: Add driver for ELO Accutouch 2216 USB Touchscreens

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Message-ID: <CAKdAkRSH0pVFwmnDzurbngNK0ea51c0+Omf0sjGx7RL-ZKx92g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:45:38 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...labora.co.uk>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: Accutouch: Add driver for ELO Accutouch 2216 USB Touchscreens

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, Martyn Welch wrote:
>
> > The Accutouch 2216 is reporting BTN_LEFT/BTN_MOUSE rather than BTM_TOUCH
> > in it's capabilities, which is what user space expects a touchscreen
> > device to report. This is causing udev to consider the device to be a
> > "VMware's USB mouse" rather than as a touchscreen, which results in a
> > mouse cursor being displayed in Weston.
> >
> > This patch adds a special driver for the device to correct the
> > capabilities reported.
>
> Applied to for-4.12/accutouch. Thanks,

Hmm, can't we fix usage code from udev, like we do with other keymaps?
Kernel memory is quite precious.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry