On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 08:59:16PM +0300, Anssi Hannula wrote: > > I meant replacing the softrepeat with native repeat for such devices > that have native repeats but no native release events: > > - keypress from device => keydown + keyup > - repeat from device => keydown + keyup > - repeat from device => keydown + keyup > > This is what e.g. ati_remote driver now does. > > Or alternatively > > - keypress from device => keydown > - repeat from device => repeat > - repeat from device => repeat > - nothing for 250ms => keyup > (doing it this way requires some extra handling in X server to stop its > softrepeat from triggering, though, as previously noted) > > With either of these, if one holds down volumeup, the repeat works, and > stops volumeup'ing immediately when user releases the button (as it is > supposed to). > Unfortunately this does not work for devices that do not have hardware autorepeat and also stops users from adjusting autorepeat parameters to their liking. It appears that the delay to check whether the key has been released is too long (almost order of magnitude longer than our typical autorepeat period). I think we should increase the period for remotes (both in kernel and in X, and also see if the release check delay can be made shorter, like 50-100 ms. Thanks. -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
