On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 01:20:21PM +0400, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
> I see you have some code for Waltop tablets in xf86-input-wacom, taken from
> the manufacturer's driver (which is in turn based on the Wacom driver).
> However, the kernel part of this driver didn't get it into the kernel.
> Although, as Peter Hutterer says, Timo Aaltonen did something regarding
> this.
> 
> Unaware of Timo's work, I have recently added kernel support [1] for 5 (3 if
> you discount version differences) Waltop models. However, it is aimed for
> xf86-input-evdev support and thus most of them use HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT to
> route all the report IDs to separate event devices digestible by this
> driver. I'm not sure if that would harm xf86-input-wacom or not, though.

not really, it's the configuration that hooks onto some waltop tablets and
that can be changed easily in the distributions. I think it's great that
you've done this first step - thanks!

> Still, I would like to make the Waltop tablets supported by xf86-input-wacom
> too. I'm prepared to either take over or help with Timo's work or tune both
> my kernel driver and xf86-input-wacom to compatibility.

wacom has a couple of extra functions and configurations that are
specifically geared at tablets. evdev is a generic driver and I try not to
sacrifice this in favour of a particular type of device.

waltop tablets seem to be quite similar to wacom tablets (in physical looks
anyway, I don't have one to judge it otherwise) so I think there are certain
benefits from making it look like a wacom tablet in software.

Cheers,
  Peter

> I have periodical (although short) access to the models I have supported and
> I think I could find a few more.
> 
> What would you like me do?
> 
> Thank you for your attention.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Nick
> 
> [1] 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid.git;f=drivers/hid/hid-waltop.c;hb=refs/heads/for-next
 

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