Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Cypress PS/2 Trackpad driver

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

Hi Kamal,

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 01:57:57PM -0800, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
> This driver, submitted on behalf of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation and
> additional contributors, provides support for the Cypress PS/2 Trackpad.
> 
> This [PATCH v3] version differs from my previous submitted version[1]:
> 
>   Patch #1 (cmdbuf to 8 bytes) and #3 (link in driver) are unchanged.
> 
>   Patch #2 (main driver), as recommended by Henrik Rydberg[2]:
>   - use input_mt_assign_slots; drop cypress_cal_finger_id.
>   - enable 2-finger-only SEMI_MT; drop cypress_simulate_fingers.
>   - various code clean-ups.
> 
>   Henrik, does patch #2 appear to properly use assign_slots and SEMI_MT as
>   you intended?  This SEMI_MT method does work (with 2 finger support only),
>   but I'm not clear why we wouldn't want to handle >2 fingers also, so ...
> 
>   Patch #4 (new) reintroduces simulated multitouch for up to 5 fingers
>   (#if CYPRESS_SIMULATE_MT), disabling SEMI_MT again.
> 
>   If that functionality (support for >2 fingers) can be acheived in some
>   better way, please advise.

You can still report true number of fingers on the pad via BTN_TOOL_*TAP
while reporting the bounding box, the same way as Synaptics, Elantech,
ALPS and Sentelic drivers are doing it.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry