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[Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/17/2010 01:24 AM, Rafi Rubin wrote:

> On 08/16/10 09:42, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
>> On 08/16/2010 03:34 PM, David Barth wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/16/2010 12:52 PM, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
>>>> Hi all, please find enclosed a script that answers the question
>>>>
>>>> "Do I have any MT devices installed?"
>>>>
>>>> The script checks the kernel event devices for their actual
>>>> capabilities, so any
>>>> driver which uses ABS_MT_POSITION_X, the corner stone of the MT
>>>> protocol, will
>>>> be listed.
>>> Some polish if you want to include the script in a package.
>>> No MT device on my thinkpad unfortunately :-(
> 
> Not necessarily, if you're only considering the output of that script. 
> A lot of thinkpads, even the latest, with wacom sensors use serial
> instead of usb, and those devices will not be caught by this script.


In the context of this mail, having an MT device installed means having a kernel
driver using the MT protocol loaded. Even the wacom devices will go through
Kevdev when we are done with them.

Henrik