On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 10:54:51PM +0100, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> Vojtech Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 11:58:05PM +0100, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> >
> > > In practice I don't think it will make any significant difference. What
> > > the code should do depends on what you want to happen if you move the
> > > mouse pointer 1/2 pixel with one finger stroke, then move it another 1/2
> > > pixel with a second stroke. The patch I posted will move the pointer one
> > > pixel in this case and your code will move it 0 pixels. (The X driver does
> > > not reset the fractions, but that doesn't of course mean that it's the
> > > only right thing to do.)
> > >
> > > > Also, I think the extra unary minus is uncoth.
> > >
> > > The code was written like that to emphasize the fact that X and Y use the
> > > same formula, with the only difference that the kernel Y axis is mirrored
> > > compared to the touchpad Y axis.
> > >
> > > It didn't make any difference for the generated assembly code though,
> > > using gcc 3.4.2 from Fedora Core 3.
> > >
> > > > + enum { FRACTION_DENOM = 100 };
> > >
> > > The enum is much nicer than my #define.
> >
> > OK. I like this patch, too. Can you guys send me a final version
> > incorporating the changes of you both for inclusion in the input tree?
>
> Here it is, with the suggestions from Pete and Dmitry included. The
> patch does the following:
>
> * Compensates for the lack of floating point arithmetic by keeping
> track of remainders from the integer divisions.
This was likely the main cause of the slow motion problems.
> * Removes the xres/yres scaling so that you get the same speed in the
> X and Y directions even if your screen is not square.
The old code assumed that both the pad and the screen are 4:3, not
square. It was wrong still.
> * Sets scale factors to make the speed for synaptics and alps equal to
> each other and equal to the synaptics speed from 2.6.10.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
OK. I'll add it to my tree today.
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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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