linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] input: elants: remove unused axes

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Message-ID: <20200426161246.GA23794@qmqm.qmqm.pl>
Date:   Sun, 26 Apr 2020 18:12:46 +0200
From:   Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...math.org>,
        James Chen <james.chen@....com.tw>,
        Johnny Chuang <johnny.chuang@....com.tw>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Scott Liu <scott.liu@....com.tw>,
        David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] input: elants: remove unused axes

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 06:41:34PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> 26.04.2020 18:39, Dmitry Osipenko пишет:
> > 26.04.2020 14:21, Michał Mirosław пишет:
> >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 09:52:00PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 03:32:23PM +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> >>>> Driver only ever reports MT events. Clear capabilities of all others.
> >>> This is not true. input_mt_sync_frame() calls
> >>> input_mt_report_pointer_emulation() which does emut single-touch events
> >>> for the benefit of older userspace (or userspace that is not interested
> >>> in multitouch).
> >>
> >> Oh, I didn't notice that. Looking at the code, I see that
> >> input_mt_init_slots() sets up the emulated axes in this case.
> >>
> >> Do you need me to update the commitmsg?
> > 
> > I tried Ubuntu 12.04 that uses ancient libinput (or whatever it was back
> > then), which doesn't support MT. Mouse doesn't move at all with this
> > patch being applied. Without this patch mouse moves, but it's not usable
> > because the cursor's position is wrong, i.e. mouse position doesn't
> > match the screen touches.
> > 
> > This means that input_mt_report_pointer_emulation() doesn't set up
> > everything needed for the legacy pointer emulation.
> > 
> 
> I meant the input_mt_init_slots().

Can you try v4 and see if it helps? input_mt_init_slots() needs other
axes set up before for it to use correct ranges.

Best Regards
Michał Mirosław