Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] kbdif: Define "feature-raw-pointer" and "request-raw-pointer"

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2017, Owen Smith wrote:
> Backends set "feature-raw-pointer" if its capable of reporting
> absolute positions without scaling the coordinates to screen
> size. This should be set during the backend init.
> Frontends set "request-raw-pointer" to request that backends
> do not rescale absolute coordinates to screen size, and the
> coordinates remain in the range [0, 0x7fff]. This request is
> only applicable if "request-abs-pointer" is also set. Frontends
> should set this value before setting Connected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Owen Smith <owen.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
> Adding this feature will help determine the difference between older
> backends and newer backends. In the case I'm interested in, the difference
> between old QEMU vkbd backend which blocks waiting for the vfb device, which
> is not present on HVM guests, and a newer QEMU backend that does not rely
> on display information to rescale axis values.
> 
>  xen/include/public/io/kbdif.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/include/public/io/kbdif.h b/xen/include/public/io/kbdif.h
> index dcbd71a..3ce54e9 100644
> --- a/xen/include/public/io/kbdif.h
> +++ b/xen/include/public/io/kbdif.h
> @@ -63,6 +63,13 @@
>   *      Backends, which support reporting of multi-touch events
>   *      should set this to 1.
>   *
> + * feature-raw-pointer
> + *      Values:        <uint>
> + *
> + *      Backends, which support reporting raw (unscaled) absolute coordinates
> + *      for pointer devices should set this to 1. Raw (unscaled) values have
> + *      a range of [0, 0x7fff].
> + *
>   *------------------------- Pointer Device Parameters 
> ------------------------
>   *
>   * width
> @@ -98,6 +105,13 @@
>   *
>   *      Request backend to report multi-touch events.
>   *
> + * request-raw-pointer
> + *      Values:         <uint>
> + *
> + *      Request backend to report raw unscaled absolute pointer coordinates.
> + *      This option is only valid if request-abs-pointer is also set.
> + *      Raw unscaled coordinates have the range [0, 0x7fff]
> + *
>   *----------------------- Request Transport Parameters 
> -----------------------
>   *
>   * event-channel
> -- 
> 2.1.4
> 

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