Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:24:19 +0200 From: Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl> To: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB HID support for xf86-input-mouse (including digitizers and touchscreens) Message-ID: <1311510259.1962.5.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl> In-Reply-To: <4E2B219B.7070608@FreeBSD.org> References: <4E255F64.30608@FreeBSD.org> <4E2B219B.7070608@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 22:31 +0300, Alexander Motin wrote: > Hi. > > Alexander Motin wrote: > > Looking on xf86-input-mouse, I've found that it includes some code to > > support USB HID pointing devices directly using libusbhid library. But > > that code seemed like newer worked (at least on FreeBSD) and is quite > > limited. Same time that approach would allow us to override different > > limitation, now imposed by sysmouse protocol. For example, to support > > absolute coordinates, pressure force, multiple touches, etc. I've made a > > patch, rewriting it to support wide range of pointing devices. I've > > tested it with few mouses, digitizer and two touchscreens. > > First, I would like to tell about newer patch version: > http://people.freebsd.org/~mav/patch-zz-input-mouse9 > > Second, I still would like to hear any comments from x11@ people about > possibility to include this patch to the xf86-input-mouse port. Patch > should not be invasive for existing users, as most of code it touches > never worked on FreeBSD before. If with perspective of the port update > you need patch for the newer driver version, I will gladly do it, it > should not be difficult. > > Thank you. > Could you regen the patch against xf86-input-mouse 1.7.1? And does this work on all FreeBSD versions? Thanks, -Koop
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