Re: [PATCH v2] Input: introduce device properties

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Sun Dec 19 2010 - 03:07:35 EST


On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 09:05:19PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> Today, userspace sets up an input device based on the data it emits.
> This is not always enough; a tablet and a touchscreen may emit exactly
> the same data, for instance, but the former should be set up with a
> pointer whereas the latter does not need to. Recently, a new type of
> touchpad has emerged where the buttons are under the pad, which
> changes logic without changing the emitted data. This patch introduces
> a new ioctl, EVIOCGPROP, which enables user access to a set of device
> properties useful during setup. The properties are given as a bitmap
> in the same fashion as the event types, and are also made available
> via sysfs, uevent and /proc/bus/input/devices.
>
> Acked-by: Ping Cheng <pingc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me, thanks for making changes.

BTW, we need to figure out how to tell when you CC me for review/FYI but
will push the patch through your tree and when you want me to apply the
patch directly to my tree.

Thanks.

--
Dmitry
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