Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:51:29 +0100 (BST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Synaptics TouchPad driver for 2.5.70 |
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> > Just as a idea for API. How about ABS_AREA or REL_AREA instead of > > ABS_MISC. The idea is the pressure value returned should be about > > the same if one presses hard with one finger or softly with a whole > > hand. > > Huh? Force = Pressure x Area ... I think you're mixing up force and > pressure here.
OOps. Your right. I'm thinking the hardware returns a force value. What I meant is since we have the hardware returning the pressure and the area this data can be used. Knowing the area over which a pressure is applied is a good thing. What do you think?
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