Re: [PATCH] HID: multitouch: fix input mode switching on some Elan panels

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Wed Dec 02 2015 - 09:04:00 EST


On Tue, 1 Dec 2015, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:

[ ... snip ... ]
> Not so sure if this is 4.4 material. On the one hand we have a regression
> since 4.4-rc0 for this particular panel.
> On the other hand, there is still the chance that doing so will break a
> different panel. In the list of devices I have been reported, there is only one
> other elan touchpad (0x300b) that will be affected, but judging by the report
> descriptor, I think it will be in the same situation than this one (broken by
> 4.4).
>
> All the other devices I know of have only one feature for the input mode and are
> thus not affected by this change.

Thanks for detailed assessment. After considering the alternatives, I've
now applied it to for-4.5/multitouch. If it later proves itself to be
regression-free, we might well backport it to -stable.

Ok?

Thanks,

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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