Re: [PATCH 3/4] Fix hover in Android (Gingerbread)

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On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jason Gerecke <killertofu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 5:04 AM, Jason Gerecke <killertofu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> As of Gingerbread, Android does not pay attention to if the pen
>>> is in contact with the screen, or merely in proximity. Since the
>>> Xorg Wacom driver does not make use of MT pen events, we simply
>>> do not emit MT data while hovering.
>>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> It would be nice if you could CC me next time. I would like to be
>> aware of the changes to the driver I wrote and use.
>>
>> I guess the change below is ok, but it changes existing behavior. It
>> doesn't affect my apps (be aware that Xorg and Android may be the well
>> known users, but there are other custom apps).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> jaya
>>
>
> Thanks for the heads-up. Since I had originally intended the patches
> to go against the Android tree, I wasn't thinking too hard about how
> other things would react to the changes. I figured I'd make them
> Xorg-compatible in case they were rejected by Google, but didn't
> consider custom applications.
>
> Based on the replies to the first patch though, I may be withdrawing
> these patches anyway... We need to wait and see if my Android
> rejection is reversed or not.

It will not be. We do not want to carry non-essential patches in our
tree. Our userspace now implements the B protocol, so things should
work fine in the next release.

--Dima

>
> Jason
>
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