Re: [PATCH] input: Add support for the Bamboo Touch trackpad

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On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Ping,
> [...]
>>> 1) It uses the MT slot protocol
>
>>> 2) It creates two input devices, but only one is useful
>>
>> I would like to keep the same wacom_features and usb_device_id
>> wacom_ids structures for Bamboo as we did for all the other models,
>> i.e., we define one entry for Bamboo although there could be more than
>> one logical devices (touch and pen) associated with it.
>>
>> This may not make a difference for your Bamboo (a touch only device).
>> It would make the code easy to maintain for the other Bamboos (Product
>> ID: 0xd1, 0xd2, 0xd3, and 0xd4).
>>
>> If you are not sure what I am talking about, please let me know.
>
>
> The problem I had with this is how that additional input device is presented
> in  userland.

Pen and touch data are reported to the user space by different logical
ports. So, there is no confusion among the data between the ports. MT
X driver only needs to talk to the touch port.

> As long as the capabilities are set properly for each input device, I
> have no problem using one catch-all match in the device id list.

I think we are safe here. It has been working like this for sometime...

Ping
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