Re: [PATCH 0/2] input: mt: Add EVIOC mechanism for MT slots

[Henrik Rydberg]

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Henrik,
> 
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:52:57PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
>> These patches are in response to the discussion about input state
>> retrieval.
>>
>> The current EVIOCGABS method does not work with MT slots.  These
>> patches provides a mechanism where a slot is first selected via a call
>> to EVIOCSABS, after which the corresponding MT events can be extracted
>> with calls to EVIOCGABS.
>>
>> The symmetric operation, to set the MT state via EVIOCSABS, seems to
>> violate input data integrity, and is therefore not implemented.
>>
> 
> This looks sane, however the question remains - is there any users for
> this data? Like I mentioned, I can see the need to fetch state of
> switches and ranges of absolute axis, and even non-multitouch ABS values
> (due to the fact that some input devices, like sliders, may stay in a
> certain position for long periods of time), but I expect multitouch data
> to be "refreshed" very quickly.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

There were some voices addressing this issue, and the patches are here,
available for whomever to pick up. Drop them if you wish, I will not send them anew.

Cheers,
Henrik
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