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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-05-10 11:59:37 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-05-10 14:20:42 +0200
commitdbb6be6d5e974c42bbecd183effaa0df69e1dd8b (patch)
tree5735cb47e70853d057a9881dd0ce44b83e88fa63 /Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
parent6a867a395558a7f882d041783e4cdea6744ca2bf (diff)
parentb57f95a38233a2e73b679bea4a5453a1cc2a1cc9 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into timers/core
Reason: Further posix_cpu_timer patches depend on mainline changes Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
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--- a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ like:
SYN_MT_REPORT
SYN_REPORT
+Here is the sequence after lifting one of the fingers:
+
+ ABS_MT_POSITION_X
+ ABS_MT_POSITION_Y
+ SYN_MT_REPORT
+ SYN_REPORT
+
+And here is the sequence after lifting the remaining finger:
+
+ SYN_MT_REPORT
+ SYN_REPORT
+
+If the driver reports one of BTN_TOUCH or ABS_PRESSURE in addition to the
+ABS_MT events, the last SYN_MT_REPORT event may be omitted. Otherwise, the
+last SYN_REPORT will be dropped by the input core, resulting in no
+zero-finger event reaching userland.
Event Semantics
---------------
@@ -217,11 +233,6 @@ where examples can be found.
difference between the contact position and the approaching tool position
could be used to derive tilt.
[2] The list can of course be extended.
-[3] The multi-touch X driver is currently in the prototyping stage. At the
-time of writing (April 2009), the MT protocol is not yet merged, and the
-prototype implements finger matching, basic mouse support and two-finger
-scrolling. The project aims at improving the quality of current multi-touch
-functionality available in the Synaptics X driver, and in addition
-implement more advanced gestures.
+[3] Multitouch X driver project: http://bitmath.org/code/multitouch/.
[4] See the section on event computation.
[5] See the section on finger tracking.