Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423122Ab2KNQBu (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:01:50 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com ([209.85.212.172]:38882 "EHLO mail-wi0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423000Ab2KNP7y (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:59:54 -0500 From: Benjamin Tissoires To: "benjamin.tissoires" , Dmitry Torokhov , Henrik Rydberg , Jiri Kosina , Stephane Chatty , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v4 09/14] Input: introduce EV_MSC Timestamp Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:59:21 +0100 Message-Id: <1352908766-4492-10-git-send-email-benjamin.tissoires@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.0 In-Reply-To: <1352908766-4492-1-git-send-email-benjamin.tissoires@gmail.com> References: <1352908766-4492-1-git-send-email-benjamin.tissoires@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2045 Lines: 53 Some devices provides the actual timestamp (hid_dg_scan_time in win8 ones) computed by the hardware itself. This value is global to the frame and is not specific to the multitouch protocol. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires Reviewed-by: Henrik Rydberg --- Documentation/input/event-codes.txt | 11 +++++++++++ include/linux/input.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt index 53305bd..f1ea2c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt @@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ EV_MSC: EV_MSC events are used for input and output events that do not fall under other categories. +A few EV_MSC codes have special meaning: + +* MSC_TIMESTAMP: + - Used to report the number of microseconds since the last reset. This event + should be coded as an uint32 value, which is allowed to wrap around with + no special consequence. It is assumed that the time difference between two + consecutive events is reliable on a reasonable time scale (hours). + A reset to zero can happen, in which case the time since the last event is + unknown. If the device does not provide this information, the driver must + not provide it to user space. + EV_LED: ---------- EV_LED events are used for input and output to set and query the state of diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h index ba48743..25354f3 100644 --- a/include/linux/input.h +++ b/include/linux/input.h @@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ struct input_keymap_entry { #define MSC_GESTURE 0x02 #define MSC_RAW 0x03 #define MSC_SCAN 0x04 +#define MSC_TIMESTAMP 0x05 #define MSC_MAX 0x07 #define MSC_CNT (MSC_MAX+1) -- 1.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/