Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753348AbYKGPH1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:07:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752307AbYKGPHO (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:07:14 -0500 Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.213]:36929 "EHLO ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752000AbYKGPHN (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:07:13 -0500 Message-ID: <4914599D.9060403@euromail.se> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:07:09 +0100 From: Henrik Rydberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "J.R. Mauro" CC: Dmitry Torokhov , Andrew Morton , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol References: <49142351.9080805@euromail.se> <3aaafc130811070534p54eebeb6q9b57d3e847ed859a@mail.gmail.com> <49145016.7090206@euromail.se> <3aaafc130811070636g681accf5qae252679c2edcdb9@mail.gmail.com> <49145628.7030804@euromail.se> <3aaafc130811070657o63894848l3c11989c9b0f2911@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3aaafc130811070657o63894848l3c11989c9b0f2911@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 83.248.192.132 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KySvW-0002jt-7b. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1KySvW-0002jt-7b 2b7fab43b9c2d86a2ad76ab04a3bf1e9 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 625 Lines: 14 > I think this approach is cleaner than "fooling" userspace into seeing > a bunch of mice. The many-input-device approach has problems with synchronicity. In particular when envisioning the appearance of more advanced chips, with finger matching in hardware. Currently, no chip with open or sufficient documentation has these features, but it is probably only a matter of time. -- 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/