[PATCH] input: mt: Identify pointer emulation contact

From: Henrik Rydberg
Date: Thu Dec 09 2010 - 18:19:26 EST


For MT applications, the tracking id provides a robust way to know
when a touch is new; essential information to determine when _not_ to
emit motion events, for instance. Currently, ST applications do not
have the equivalent information, but instead rely on global properties
such as a change in number of fingers. Moreover, some MT applications
need to know which contact correponds to the pointer. This patch adds
the ABS_TRACKING_ID axis and emits it in
input_mt_report_pointer_emulation(), provided the proper absbit is
setup by the driver.

Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/input-mt.c | 4 +++-
include/linux/input.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/input-mt.c b/drivers/input/input-mt.c
index afaf059..bcd2c22 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input-mt.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input-mt.c
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(input_mt_report_slot_state);
* @dev: input device with allocated MT slots
*
* Performs legacy pointer emulation via BTN_TOUCH, ABS_X, ABS_Y and
- * ABS_PRESSURE. Touchpad finger count is emulated using
+ * ABS_PRESSURE. If enabled, ABS_TRACKING_ID is emitted whenever the
+ * pointer contact changes. Touchpad finger count is emulated using
* BTN_TOOL_FINGER, BTN_TOOL_DOUBLETAP, BTN_TOOL_TRIPLETAP and
* BTN_TOOL_QUADTAP.
*
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ void input_mt_report_pointer_emulation(struct input_dev *dev)
input_event(dev, EV_ABS, ABS_X, x);
input_event(dev, EV_ABS, ABS_Y, y);
input_event(dev, EV_ABS, ABS_PRESSURE, p);
+ input_event(dev, EV_ABS, ABS_TRACKING_ID, oldid);
} else {
input_event(dev, EV_ABS, ABS_PRESSURE, 0);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index 65f7799..01dde9b 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ struct input_keymap_entry {
#define ABS_TILT_X 0x1a
#define ABS_TILT_Y 0x1b
#define ABS_TOOL_WIDTH 0x1c
+#define ABS_TRACKING_ID 0x1d /* ID of contact governing ABS_{X,Y} */

#define ABS_VOLUME 0x20

--
1.7.1

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