Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] input-wacom vs upstream kernel driver (was: Re: Touchscreen - Lenovo x220 tablet - Absolute mode loses left click)

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On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Peter Hutterer <pet...@wh...>wrote:

> > > That's why I'm encouraging anyone doing wacom kernel development to
> submit
> > > to LKML. For wacom-specific questions (protocol questions, etc.) this
> list
> > > is good but in the end LKML decides what goes into the upstream kernel.
> > >
> >
> > Your points are all very good. But I have to work on that "dead-end"
> since:
>
> I didn't imply that my take on the situation is the only one ;)
>

Understood ;).

>  Though I hope that by now many readers noticed that your requirements (as
> a
> hardware company) and mine (distributor) are quite different and don't
> always overlap completely.
>

I am sure a lot of them have already noticed that way before you pointed it
out ;).

My take, sorry to borrow your term, on this is the difference is good.  It
is good for our users; they get options to choose from. It is good for us;
we get a chance to show our "characters" while still being able to work
together (as friends ;). And it is good for the project; it made the
project more interesting and enjoyable.

What else can we wish for?


> > I need to support users with older kernels that don't support the newer
> > devices, Bamboo touch on kernels older than 2.6.30 is one example.
> >
> > I need people to test the patch for me while the patch waiting to get in
> the
> > kernel tree. A review of the patch at LKML is not enough. I need users to
> > test the patch on the hardware to be sure.
>
> We had a kernel tree in our repo and Przemo pushed updates to it
> frequently.
> Unfortunately it never got a lot of use. I'd still encourage you to use
> that
> for patch testing (even for older kernels).


If someone has the time to maintain the backported branches for old
kernels, he/she gets my wholehearted encouragement and appreciation.

> Right now it feels that
> input-wacom is used both for testing and shipping and it's (at least to me)
> unclear which one is which.
>

For me, it is for testing. Shipping it or not is out of my control. If
people want to ship it, that's their choice. It is open source. We don't and
cannot make the decision for them.

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