Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] hid-multitouch: migrate 3M PCT touch screens to hid-multitouch

["Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@euromail.se>]

> > I realize several of the entries are missing maxcontacts now, so all
> > patches needs to be checked...
> 
> This is really annoying. The idea behind the auto-detection was to
> simplify the writing of the driver and to let the device inform us on
> its capabilities.
> It's not a bug, it's a feature in this particular case. My idea was to
> remove all those .maxcontact (for instance, I know that it works for
> cypress, stantum and 3M) but I didn't want to bother my testers about
> such a little change.
> 
> Can I remember you that you where the first complaining about the
> maxcontact? You asked if it could not be given by the device. And as
> we where in a hurry, we didn't include it and said that we will do it
> later.

*sigh*

The generally problem seems to be that the patch cycles are too short,
leading to buggy implementations.

> And this one would be false: should I write 10 or 60? As it depends on
> the device, we'll have to let the device decide.
> If you remember the commit message of the auto-detection patch, I have
> written that we keep the .maxcontact field in case the device _lies_.
> And 3M does not lie.

Which is why max(default-value, device-value) was suggested.

> >>                       field->logical_maximum = 1;
> >>                       field->logical_minimum = 0;
> >>                       set_abs(hi->input, ABS_MT_ORIENTATION, field, 0);
> >
> > These limits are not right - I doubt they are for any device.
> 
> I was a little surprise too while looking at these. But This is not
> related to ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR, but ABS_MT_ORIENTATION.
> And if I'm forced to modify those values this way it's because _you_
> made me introduce the set_abs function which takes in parameter the
> field. Thus, it's more complicated to introduce new fields and usages.

Enough with the accusations. Simply replace those lines with

input_set_abs_params(hi->input, ABS_MT_ORIENTATION, 0, 1, 0, 0);

> > Also, this line needs to be added in case no feature reports are sent:
> >
> > @@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ static int mt_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
> >                return -ENOMEM;
> >        }
> >        td->mtclass = mtclass;
> > +       td->maxcontacts = mtclass->maxcontacts;
> >        td->inputmode = -1;
> >        hid_set_drvdata(hdev, td);
> >
> 
> So:
> 1) If a device does not send the feature report related to maxcontact,
> then it won't pass the Win7 certification, then we will need to write
> a special driver for it.
> 2) This is wrong because I do not want to add in all those classes the
> field maxcontact. So I'll revert the MT_DEFAULT_MAXCONTACT, and I will
> add this sort of line just before allocating the slots.
> Oh, and I'll remove the .maxcontact = 2 for MT_CLS_DEFAULT.

Take a deep breath and take your time. We don't want to waste anybodys
time by going through more cycles than necessary.

Henrik