On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 08:26:26AM -0700, Ping Cheng wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Peter Hutterer > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:48:51PM -0700, Ping Cheng wrote: > > > > > I don't know what I can call the new value yet. It will need to get > > > > through > > > > > the LKML's review when the kernel driver is ready. I am thinking to > > call > > > > it > > > > > "ABS_VOLUME", which represents the led that is turned on (yeah, we > > are > > > > going > > > > > to support LED in the driver). > > > > > > > > > > > > ABS_VOLUME for a LED??? > > > > > > > > > > Well, the LED_* defined in input.h does not fit the ones I am going to > > > report. Requesting for a new set of LED_* may have problem too. I am not > > > sure. I'll see where I can get when I start working on it. > > > > if we need kernel patches anyway, why not suggest adding the necessary LED > > defines? This isn't the first device that would require this. > > mis-using ABS_VOLUME for LEDs is just a hack that makes it hard to write > > proper code (see also: resolution hidden in RX). > > > > I know. But it takes time for LKML to accept a new set of LED_*. I have > deadline for the support, as in most of the cases. Plus, a header file > change on older kernels, the ones that I need to support, requires > rebuilding the whole kernel while a change inside the driver can be built > locally since wacom.ko is a module. My users appreciate the effort of only > need a module update... > > Well, I need to make the users happy. It has nothing to do with what I want.
so we're going to post LED information through a volume control axis? You may hit your deadline, but the costs in doing so will largely outweigh that one deadline. See http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebt.html Cheers, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
