Re: [PATCH libinput 1/2] Hook up libevdev as backend

2014-02-23 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 09:28:49AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 03:51:57PM +0100, Jonas Ådahl wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 04:09:09PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > > > libevdev wraps the various peculiarities of the evdev kernel API into a > > > type-safe API. It al

Re: [PATCH libinput 1/2] Hook up libevdev as backend

2014-02-23 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 03:51:57PM +0100, Jonas Ådahl wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 04:09:09PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > > libevdev wraps the various peculiarities of the evdev kernel API into a > > type-safe API. It also buffers the device so checking for specific features > > at > > a la

Re: [PATCH libinput 1/2] Hook up libevdev as backend

2014-02-22 Thread Jonas Ådahl
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 04:09:09PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > libevdev wraps the various peculiarities of the evdev kernel API into a > type-safe API. It also buffers the device so checking for specific features at > a later time is easier than re-issuing the ioctls. Plus, it gives us almost >

Re: [PATCH libinput 1/2] Hook up libevdev as backend

2014-02-18 Thread Rui Tiago Cação Matos
On 18 February 2014 07:09, Peter Hutterer wrote: > libevdev wraps the various peculiarities of the evdev kernel API into a > type-safe API. It also buffers the device so checking for specific features at > a later time is easier than re-issuing the ioctls. Plus, it gives us almost > free support f

[PATCH libinput 1/2] Hook up libevdev as backend

2014-02-17 Thread Peter Hutterer
libevdev wraps the various peculiarities of the evdev kernel API into a type-safe API. It also buffers the device so checking for specific features at a later time is easier than re-issuing the ioctls. Plus, it gives us almost free support for SYN_DROPPED events (in the following patch). This patc