Hi, I'm knew to the list, so forgive me for drudging up this issue from that
month and if anything I write here has already been argued over...
I own a USB graphire and am very enthused that it already has functional
support in linux. I completely agree with removing the extra features
mentioned below from the kernel space. They just don't belong there. The
only request I have is that the driver be modified so that the device works
in relative mode instead of absolute when used through mousedev.c. By this I
mean that when I pick up the mouse and move it to the other side of the pad
the on-screen cursor should pretty much remain where it was left and not
jump to the other side of the screen. Basically, I think it would be better
to have it operate and feel like a normal mouse when used thru the usb mouse
interface.
Jason Pearce
>Hi!
>
>
>Here comes a patch for the wacom.c driver. It cleans it up, removing
>duplicate code, *and* removing all the nifty features from 0.4 (F-keys,
>changing pressure sensitivity, relative/absolute mode, quickpoint).
>
>
>I thought long about this, and decided it was right to remove them,
>because:
>
>
>1) The code needed to implement them isn't small and is in the kernel.
>
>
>2) True HID digitizers will never have these features - the HID driver
> can't do it. So it's better to implement it in the userland,
> independently on digitizer type (Think Wacom PenPartner). I hope
> xf86input.so will have these features in it.
>
>
>3) These extra features are not 'real hardware' features, and only those
> should be reported as events. Anything else, including keyboard
> macros and the like, which just somehow extends the basic data should
> be done elsewhere.
>
>
>4) There is no use for the features *now*, because the only way to use
> the wacoms is through mousedev.c, which ignores most of the data
> anyway. And passing the F-keys through keybdev only causes trouble.
>
>
>Perhaps someone won't agree with me. No problem - I'm open to
>discussion, and if I'm convinced, I'll put the stuff back in.
>
>
>Vojtech
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