Re: v4.1 to v4.7: regression in tsc2005 driver

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On Sun 2016-07-17 13:51:34, Michael Welling wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 08:42:09PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Sun 2016-07-17 13:24:45, Michael Welling wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 07:52:57PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > > 
> > > > tsc2005 driver changed input device name, from
> > > > 
> > > > drivers/input/touchscreen/tsc2005.c:	  input_dev->name = "TSC2005
> > > > touchscreen";
> > > > 
> > > > to "TSC200X touchscreen". Unfortunately, X seems to propagate that
> > > > name to userspace, where it is needed to be able to do
> > > > 
> > > > xinput --set-prop --type=int ...
> > > > 
> > > > with the right arguments to calibrate touchscreen. (Touchscreen is
> > > > unusable without calibration).
> > > > 
> > > > What to do with that?
> > > 
> > > The input_dev name could be passed to the common probe function.
> > > 
> > > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/input/touchscreen/tsc2005.c#L65
> > 
> > That would be preffered, I guess.
> > 
> > How many stable releases are affected?
> 
> Well this patch is 9 months old now. Lets see.
> 
> It was introduced in v4.4-rc1. So v4.4, v4.5 and v4.6.

Ok, thanks for the information. I believe changing it back to
"TSC2005" version makes sense (and then fixing it in stable).

Best regards,
									Pavel
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