Hi.

2011/7/7 Peter Hutterer <[email protected]>:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:36:22PM +1200, Jason alavaliant wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Chris Bagwell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I do not know the long term plan for this as well but I can make some
>> > educated guesses.  It doesn't make sense to use xsetwacom for this
>> > feature unless you add logic directly into xf86-input-wacom that opens
>> > the sysfs file and send data itself.  If this is done then it will be
>> > able to open that device for same reason it can open the root owned
>> > /dev/input devices related to tablet.  That would solve your problem
>> > right there.
>> >
>>
>> That seems a sensible way to cover it,   didn't think of it going via the
>> actual X driver rather than xsetwacom accessing sysfs directly.
>
> I suggest to add a property containing a number of Pixmaps (in the order of 
> the oleds on
> the device) and the Pixmaps contain the actual data. The conversion between
> Pixmap to driver-specific data format is then done in the driver.
> Pixmaps are just 32 bit IDs, so the property code is trivial too.
>
> This way you get to use all client-side tools that already draw to pixmaps
> (e.g. cairo) instead of having to write your own.

Using xsetwacom was and is still my plan to get OLED control. The work
of integrating it into xf86-input-wacom has fallen asleep a bit, but I
hope the kernel patch will be accepted soon, so I can proceed with the
development.

Eduard

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