[PATCH/WIP xf86-input-libinput 0/3] Add tablet support

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 02-12-15 03:29, Peter Hutterer wrote:
>
> This patchset adds tablet support to the xorg libinput driver.
> Note: this patchset requires the tablet-support branch of libinput, the
> current tree for this patchset is avaiable here:
> https://github.com/whot/xf86-input-libinput/tree/wip/tablet-support
>
> I'm sending this to the list mostly to get a few eyes and comments on the
> general approach here.
>
> The wacom driver is the most complicated of all X.Org drivers, in part
> because tablets are just more complicated than say a mouse/keyboard but also
> because it accumulated 15 years of legacy that is hard to remove. But in the
> 15 years we've had a fair number of improvements, both in hardware and the
> kernel so a lot of hacks and workarounds simply aren't needed anymore.
>
> The biggest difference here is that we create X devices on the fly as they
> come into proximity, one per tool. Static InputDevice configuration in the
> xorg.conf becomes mostly useless this way (InputClass still works), it's
> better to have a DE that knows about and handles tablets.
>
> No new config options at this point, the libinput tablet branch doesn't
> expose any of those. This probably won't work yet with the cursor/lens
> cursor tool, hence all still WIP.

Although I'm not all to familiar with tablet support, I've given this
series a quick lookover, and it looks good to me.

Regards,

Hans