[PATCH 0/27] Input cleanup and smooth scrolling support

Daniel Stone daniel at fooishbar.org
Fri Jun 3 08:50:41 PDT 2011


On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 03:54:58PM +0100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> There's a few patches in this series, destined for 1.12.  Most notable
> is the last (but arguably least pleasant) of the series, which adds
> support for smooth scrolling by way of new scroll valuators, which
> emulate button events, and vice-versa for older drivers too.
> 
> Along the way, we convert pretty much all co-ordinates in the input path
> to use doubles, including ValuatorMask, and extend the usage of masks
> within GetPointerEvents's children.  This works fine for me on a variety
> of touchpads and mice, but in all honesty, I've not tested absolute
> devices in a few rebases, so I can't vouch for them.

Good god, I really have forgotten all my manners; thanks to Google for
sponsoring this work, as well as the Synaptics patchsets I'll be posting
shortly.

Cheers,
Daniel


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