[PATCH libinput] touchpad: disable 2fg scrolling on semi-mt touchpads

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Tue Jul 21 23:27:52 PDT 2015


On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:15:24PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 07/16/2015 01:55 AM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:44:47AM -0400, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> >>On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:39 PM, Peter Hutterer
> >><peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:
> >>>These touchpads have a terrible resolution when two fingers are down, causing
> >>>scrolling to jump around a lot. That then turns into bug reports that we can't
> >>>do much about, the data is simply garbage.
> >>>
> >>>For Alps:
> >>>https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91081
> >>>For Synaptics:
> >>>https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91135
> >>>
> >>>Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> >>>---
> >>
> >>This patch is Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires at gmail.com>
> >>
> >>FWIW, here is the list of semi-mt devices the kernel exports (and that
> >>will have 2 fg scrolling disabled by this patch):
> >>
> >>- Alps touchpads from firmware version 3 to 5 (6 seems to report
> >>single touch data anyway)
> >
> >I just asked one user with a version 5 touchpad and that one seems to work
> >fine for 2fg scrolling after 07b20dcce6 "touchpad: Only use slot 0 deltas
> >for 2fg scrolling on semi-mt touchpads"
> >
> >so looks like we need something finer-grained here anyway.
> 
> Right, that is what I was about to say, atleast for alps semi-mt 2fg
> scrolling should work fine with the recent kernel + libinput patches.
> 
> I think the bug reports your wrote this series for were actually mostly
> for people with alps devices who do not yet have the kernel fixes.

alright, thanks. I'll change this patch to make use of the synaptics serial
tagging in the series fixing the cursor jumps. That way we can hook onto
semi-mt + synaptics touchpad == no 2fg scrolling.

Cheers,
   Peter

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> >
> >Cheers,
> >    Peter
> >
> >>- all Cypress PS/2 touchpads
> >>- Elantech touchpads from firmware version 2 to 3
> >>- the Sentelic touchpads that are reporting MT data
> >>- some early Synaptics touchpads with advanced gestures that are not
> >>image sensor
> >>
> >>Just brace yourself for users complaining about missing functionality :)
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>Benjamin
> >>
> >>>  doc/scrolling.dox       |  7 +++++++
> >>>  src/evdev-mt-touchpad.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >>>  test/touchpad.c         | 23 +++++++++++++----------
> >>>  3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/doc/scrolling.dox b/doc/scrolling.dox
> >>>index 658fe4b..10f5331 100644
> >>>--- a/doc/scrolling.dox
> >>>+++ b/doc/scrolling.dox
> >>>@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ movements will translate into tiny scroll movements.
> >>>  Scrolling in both directions at once is possible by meeting the required
> >>>  distance thresholds to enable each direction separately.
> >>>
> >>>+Two-finger scrolling requires the touchpad to track both touch points with
> >>>+reasonable precision. Unfortunately, so-called "semi-mt" touchpads can only
> >>>+track the bounding box of the two fingers rather than the actual position of
> >>>+each finger. In addition, that bounding box usually suffers from a
> >>>+low resolution, causing jumpy movement during two-finger scrolling. libinput
> >>>+does not provide two-finger scrolling on those touchpads.
> >>>+
> >>>  @section edge_scrolling Edge scrolling
> >>>
> >>>  On some touchpads, edge scrolling is available, triggered by moving a single
> >>>diff --git a/src/evdev-mt-touchpad.c b/src/evdev-mt-touchpad.c
> >>>index bbba665..4ab57f2 100644
> >>>--- a/src/evdev-mt-touchpad.c
> >>>+++ b/src/evdev-mt-touchpad.c
> >>>@@ -1370,18 +1370,27 @@ tp_init_accel(struct tp_dispatch *tp, double diagonal)
> >>>  }
> >>>
> >>>  static uint32_t
> >>>-tp_scroll_config_scroll_method_get_methods(struct libinput_device *device)
> >>>+tp_scroll_get_methods(struct tp_dispatch *tp)
> >>>  {
> >>>-       struct evdev_device *evdev = (struct evdev_device*)device;
> >>>-       struct tp_dispatch *tp = (struct tp_dispatch*)evdev->dispatch;
> >>>         uint32_t methods = LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_EDGE;
> >>>
> >>>-       if (tp->ntouches >= 2)
> >>>+       /* semi-mt touchpads have a terrible 2fg resolution, causing
> >>>+        * scroll jumps */
> >>>+       if (tp->ntouches >= 2 && !tp->semi_mt)
> >>>                 methods |= LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_2FG;
> >>>
> >>>         return methods;
> >>>  }
> >>>
> >>>+static uint32_t
> >>>+tp_scroll_config_scroll_method_get_methods(struct libinput_device *device)
> >>>+{
> >>>+       struct evdev_device *evdev = (struct evdev_device*)device;
> >>>+       struct tp_dispatch *tp = (struct tp_dispatch*)evdev->dispatch;
> >>>+
> >>>+       return tp_scroll_get_methods(tp);
> >>>+}
> >>>+
> >>>  static enum libinput_config_status
> >>>  tp_scroll_config_scroll_method_set_method(struct libinput_device *device,
> >>>                         enum libinput_config_scroll_method method)
> >>>@@ -1413,10 +1422,22 @@ tp_scroll_config_scroll_method_get_method(struct libinput_device *device)
> >>>  static enum libinput_config_scroll_method
> >>>  tp_scroll_get_default_method(struct tp_dispatch *tp)
> >>>  {
> >>>-       if (tp->ntouches >= 2)
> >>>-               return LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_2FG;
> >>>+       uint32_t methods;
> >>>+       enum libinput_config_scroll_method method;
> >>>+
> >>>+       methods = tp_scroll_get_methods(tp);
> >>>+
> >>>+       if (tp->ntouches >= 2 &&
> >>>+           (methods & LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_2FG))
> >>>+               method = LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_2FG;
> >>>         else
> >>>-               return LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_EDGE;
> >>>+               method = LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_EDGE;
> >>>+
> >>>+       if ((methods & method) == 0)
> >>>+               log_bug_libinput(tp_libinput_context(tp),
> >>>+                                "Invalid default scroll method %d\n",
> >>>+                                method);
> >>>+       return method;
> >>>  }
> >>>
> >>>  static enum libinput_config_scroll_method
> >>>diff --git a/test/touchpad.c b/test/touchpad.c
> >>>index 7058bea..78eb022 100644
> >>>--- a/test/touchpad.c
> >>>+++ b/test/touchpad.c
> >>>@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ START_TEST(touchpad_scroll_natural_enable_config)
> >>>  }
> >>>  END_TEST
> >>>
> >>>-START_TEST(touchpad_scroll_natural)
> >>>+START_TEST(touchpad_scroll_natural_2fg)
> >>>  {
> >>>         struct litest_device *dev = litest_current_device();
> >>>         struct libinput *li = dev->libinput;
> >>>@@ -1603,10 +1603,12 @@ START_TEST(touchpad_scroll_defaults)
> >>>
> >>>         method = libinput_device_config_scroll_get_methods(device);
> >>>         ck_assert(method & LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_EDGE);
> >>>-       if (libevdev_get_num_slots(evdev) > 1)
> >>>+       if (libevdev_get_num_slots(evdev) > 1 &&
> >>>+           !libevdev_has_property(evdev, INPUT_PROP_SEMI_MT))
> >>>                 ck_assert(method & LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_2FG);
> >>>
> >>>-       if (libevdev_get_num_slots(evdev) > 1)
> >>>+       if (libevdev_get_num_slots(evdev) > 1 &&
> >>>+           !libevdev_has_property(evdev, INPUT_PROP_SEMI_MT))
> >>>                 expected = LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_2FG;
> >>>         else
> >>>                 expected = LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_EDGE;
> >>>@@ -1622,7 +1624,8 @@ START_TEST(touchpad_scroll_defaults)
> >>>         status = libinput_device_config_scroll_set_method(device,
> >>>                                           LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SCROLL_2FG);
> >>>
> >>>-       if (libevdev_get_num_slots(evdev) > 1)
> >>>+       if (libevdev_get_num_slots(evdev) > 1 &&
> >>>+           !libevdev_has_property(evdev, INPUT_PROP_SEMI_MT))
> >>>                 ck_assert_int_eq(status, LIBINPUT_CONFIG_STATUS_SUCCESS);
> >>>         else
> >>>                 ck_assert_int_eq(status, LIBINPUT_CONFIG_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED);
> >>>@@ -4187,14 +4190,14 @@ litest_setup_tests(void)
> >>>         litest_add("touchpad:topsoftbuttons", clickpad_topsoftbuttons_clickfinger, LITEST_TOPBUTTONPAD, LITEST_ANY);
> >>>         litest_add("touchpad:topsoftbuttons", clickpad_topsoftbuttons_clickfinger_dev_disabled, LITEST_TOPBUTTONPAD, LITEST_ANY);
> >>>
> >>>-       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH);
> >>>-       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_slow_distance, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH);
> >>>-       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_return_to_motion, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH);
> >>>-       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_source, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH);
> >>>-       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_semi_mt, LITEST_SEMI_MT, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH);
> >>>+       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH|LITEST_SEMI_MT);
> >>>+       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_slow_distance, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH|LITEST_SEMI_MT);
> >>>+       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_return_to_motion, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH|LITEST_SEMI_MT);
> >>>+       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_source, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH|LITEST_SEMI_MT);
> >>>+       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_2fg_scroll_semi_mt, LITEST_SEMI_MT, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH|LITEST_SEMI_MT);
> >>>         litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_scroll_natural_defaults, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_ANY);
> >>>         litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_scroll_natural_enable_config, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_ANY);
> >>>-       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_scroll_natural, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH);
> >>>+       litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_scroll_natural_2fg, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_SINGLE_TOUCH|LITEST_SEMI_MT);
> >>>         litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_scroll_defaults, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_ANY);
> >>>         litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_edge_scroll, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_ANY);
> >>>         litest_add("touchpad:scroll", touchpad_edge_scroll_no_motion, LITEST_TOUCHPAD, LITEST_ANY);
> >>>--
> >>>2.4.3
> >>>
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