From 97065e033ec5fd824d0133ecd0c614fe1e5c20bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:31:26 -0700
Subject: Input: clarify the no-finger event in multitouch protocol

The current documentation does not explicitly specify how to report
zero fingers, leaving a potential problem in the driver implementations
and giving no parsing directive to userland. This patch defines two
equally valid ways.

Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
---
 Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

(limited to 'Documentation')

diff --git a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
index 8490480ce432..eacb22606664 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ like:
    SYN_MT_REPORT
    SYN_REPORT
 
+Here is the sequence after lifting one of the fingers:
+
+   ABS_MT_POSITION_X
+   ABS_MT_POSITION_Y
+   SYN_MT_REPORT
+   SYN_REPORT
+
+And here is the sequence after lifting the remaining finger:
+
+   SYN_MT_REPORT
+   SYN_REPORT
+
+If the driver reports one of BTN_TOUCH or ABS_PRESSURE in addition to the
+ABS_MT events, the last SYN_MT_REPORT event may be omitted. Otherwise, the
+last SYN_REPORT will be dropped by the input core, resulting in no
+zero-finger event reaching userland.
 
 Event Semantics
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From 13bad37b04c779d98983307a27f97e9caa36f9b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:31:26 -0700
Subject: Input: update the status of the Multitouch X driver project

The Multitouch X driver project has moved to alpha status.
This patch updates the documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
---
 Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Documentation')

diff --git a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
index eacb22606664..c0fc1c75fd88 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
@@ -233,11 +233,6 @@ where examples can be found.
 difference between the contact position and the approaching tool position
 could be used to derive tilt.
 [2] The list can of course be extended.
-[3] The multi-touch X driver is currently in the prototyping stage. At the
-time of writing (April 2009), the MT protocol is not yet merged, and the
-prototype implements finger matching, basic mouse support and two-finger
-scrolling. The project aims at improving the quality of current multi-touch
-functionality available in the Synaptics X driver, and in addition
-implement more advanced gestures.
+[3] Multitouch X driver project: http://bitmath.org/code/multitouch/.
 [4] See the section on event computation.
 [5] See the section on finger tracking.
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