Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 02:01:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49559 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201610240201.u9O210L9073343@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Mon Oct 24 02:01:00 2016 New Revision: 49559 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49559 Log: Add evdev entry from gonzo Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Mon Oct 24 01:46:27 2016 (r49558) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Mon Oct 24 02:01:00 2016 (r49559) @@ -1052,4 +1052,59 @@ <task>general clean-up and bugfixes.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>evdev Support</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Vladimir</given> + <common>Kondratiev</common> + </name> + <email>wulf@cicgroup.ru</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Oleksandr</given> + <common>Tymoshenko</common> + </name> + <email>gonzo@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://github.com/wulf7/&os;">evdev WIP Repository</url> + <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCode2014/evdev_Touchscreens">Original evdev Proposal</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p><tt>evdev</tt> is a portable, API-compatible implementation of + the Linux <tt>/dev/input/eventX</tt> interface. It covers a wide + variaty of input devices like keyboards, mice, and touchscreens + (with multitouch support), and support for it is implemented in a + lot of existing userland components like Qt, <tt>libinput</tt>, and + <tt>tslib</tt>.</p> + + <p><tt>evdev</tt> support was started by Jakub Klama as a Google SoC + 2014 project, and later picked up and finished by Vladimir + Kondratiev. General API and <tt>evdev</tt> support bits for + <tt>ukbd</tt> and <tt>ums</tt> were committed to HEAD. Support was + also added for TI's AM33xx touchstreen controller (the popular + BeagleBone is based on the AM33xx) and the official touschreen for + the Raspberry Pi. Multitouch support for the Raspberry Pi was + successfully demoed using the lastest Qt development branch.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Documentation. In particular, manual pages are needed for the + KPI.</task> + + <task>Support additional hardware.</task> + + <task>Enable <tt>evdev</tt> support in existing ports, and add new + <tt>evdev</tt>-dependent ports.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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