Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265529AbTFMUhp (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:37:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265528AbTFMUho (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:37:44 -0400 Received: from phoenix.mvhi.com ([195.224.96.167]:19206 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265529AbTFMUhn (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:37:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:51:29 +0100 (BST) From: James Simmons To: Vojtech Pavlik cc: Peter Berg Larsen , Subject: Re: [PATCH] Synaptics TouchPad driver for 2.5.70 In-Reply-To: <20030613223846.A9080@ucw.cz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 20 > > Just as a idea for API. How about ABS_AREA or REL_AREA instead of > > ABS_MISC. The idea is the pressure value returned should be about > > the same if one presses hard with one finger or softly with a whole > > hand. > > Huh? Force = Pressure x Area ... I think you're mixing up force and > pressure here. OOps. Your right. I'm thinking the hardware returns a force value. What I meant is since we have the hardware returning the pressure and the area this data can be used. Knowing the area over which a pressure is applied is a good thing. What do you think? - 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/