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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2010-04-23 02:08:44 +0200
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2010-04-23 02:08:44 +0200
commit6c9468e9eb1252eaefd94ce7f06e1be9b0b641b1 (patch)
tree797676a336b050bfa1ef879377c07e541b9075d6 /Documentation/input
parent4cb3ca7cd7e2cae8d1daf5345ec99a1e8502cf3f (diff)
parentc81eddb0e3728661d1585fbc564449c94165cc36 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-next
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt23
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diff --git a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
index 8490480ce432..c0fc1c75fd88 100644
--- 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.