[PATCH v3] evdev: Support the "Calibration" string option.

Oliver McFadden oliver.mcfadden at nokia.com
Tue Oct 13 00:40:43 PDT 2009


On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 00:40 +0200, ext Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 04:32:51PM +0300, Oliver McFadden wrote:
> > Originally based on a patch from Daniel Stone, this commit allows for
> > the calibration factors to be set either from Xorg.conf or via HAL.
> > 
> > Previously the only way was via the properties interface.
> > ---
> >  man/evdev.man |    5 +++++
> >  src/evdev.c   |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> >  2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man/evdev.man b/man/evdev.man
> > index 4f15062..05626b5 100644
> > --- a/man/evdev.man
> > +++ b/man/evdev.man
> > @@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ be set in the configuration.
> >  Number of reopen attempts after a read error occurs on the device (e.g. after
> >  waking up from suspend). In between each attempt is a 100ms wait. Default: 10.
> >  .TP 7
> > +.BI "Option \*qCalibration\*q \*q" "min-x max-x min-y max-y" \*q
> > +Calibrates the X and Y axes for devices that need to scale to a different
> > +coordinate system than reported to the X server.
> > +Property: "Evdev Axis Calibration".
> > +.TP 7
> >  .BI "Option \*qSwapAxes\*q \*q" Bool \*q
> >  Swap x/y axes. Default: off. Property: "Evdev Axes Swap".
> >  .TP 7
> > diff --git a/src/evdev.c b/src/evdev.c
> > index 59cdd0d..d8d0f72 100644
> > --- a/src/evdev.c
> > +++ b/src/evdev.c
> > @@ -1949,12 +1949,32 @@ EvdevProbe(InputInfoPtr pInfo)
> >      return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void
> > +EvdevSetCalibration(InputInfoPtr pInfo, int num_calibration, int calibration[4])
> > +{
> > +    EvdevPtr pEvdev = pInfo->private;
> > +
> > +    if (num_calibration == 0) {
> > +        pEvdev->flags &= ~EVDEV_CALIBRATED;
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.min_x = 0;
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.max_x = 0;
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.min_y = 0;
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.max_y = 0;
> > +    } else if (num_calibration == 4) {
> > +        pEvdev->flags |= EVDEV_CALIBRATED;
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.min_x = calibration[0];
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.max_x = calibration[1];
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.min_y = calibration[2];
> > +        pEvdev->calibration.max_y = calibration[3];
> > +    }
> > +}
> >  
> >  static InputInfoPtr
> >  EvdevPreInit(InputDriverPtr drv, IDevPtr dev, int flags)
> >  {
> >      InputInfoPtr pInfo;
> > -    const char *device;
> > +    const char *device, *str;
> > +    int num_calibration = 0, calibration[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
> >      EvdevPtr pEvdev;
> >  
> >      if (!(pInfo = xf86AllocateInput(drv, 0)))
> > @@ -2027,6 +2047,20 @@ EvdevPreInit(InputDriverPtr drv, IDevPtr dev, int flags)
> >      pEvdev->invert_y = xf86SetBoolOption(pInfo->options, "InvertY", FALSE);
> >      pEvdev->swap_axes = xf86SetBoolOption(pInfo->options, "SwapAxes", FALSE);
> >  
> > +    str = xf86CheckStrOption(pInfo->options, "Calibration", NULL);
> > +    if (str) {
> > +        num_calibration = sscanf(str, "%d %d %d %d",
> > +                                 &calibration[0], &calibration[1],
> > +                                 &calibration[2], &calibration[3]);
> > +        if (num_calibration == 4) {
> > +            EvdevSetCalibration(pInfo, num_calibration, calibration);
> > +        } else {
> > +            xf86Msg(X_ERROR,
> > +                    "%s: Unsupported number of calibration factors: %d\n",
> > +                    pInfo->name, num_calibration);
> > +        }
> > +    }
> > +
> >      /* Grabbing the event device stops in-kernel event forwarding. In other
> >         words, it disables rfkill and the "Macintosh mouse button emulation".
> >         Note that this needs a server that sets the console to RAW mode. */
> > @@ -2502,25 +2536,7 @@ EvdevSetProperty(DeviceIntPtr dev, Atom atom, XIPropertyValuePtr val,
> >              return BadMatch;
> >  
> >          if (!checkonly)
> > -        {
> > -            if (val->size == 0)
> > -            {
> > -                pEvdev->flags &= ~EVDEV_CALIBRATED;
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.min_x = 0;
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.max_x = 0;
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.min_y = 0;
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.max_y = 0;
> > -            } else if (val->size == 4)
> > -            {
> > -                CARD32 *vals = (CARD32*)val->data;
> > -
> > -                pEvdev->flags |= EVDEV_CALIBRATED;
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.min_x = vals[0];
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.max_x = vals[1];
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.min_y = vals[2];
> > -                pEvdev->calibration.max_y = vals[3];
> > -            }
> > -        }
> > +            EvdevSetCalibration(pInfo, val->size, val->data);
> >      } else if (atom == prop_swap)
> >      {
> >          if (val->format != 8 || val->type != XA_INTEGER || val->size != 1)
> > -- 
> > 1.6.1
> 
> ack, but I'd like to squash the following diff in before pushing, it's just
> more verbosity in the man page, the error message and one minor style fix
> (no {} for single-line ifs)

Good with me. :-) Although I'd suggest that "Unsufficient" be changed to
"Insufficient."

> Cheers,
>   Peter
> 
> diff --git a/man/evdev.man b/man/evdev.man
> index 05626b5..e322eb6 100644
> --- a/man/evdev.man
> +++ b/man/evdev.man
> @@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ waking up from suspend). In between each attempt is a 100ms wait. Default: 10.
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "Option \*qCalibration\*q \*q" "min-x max-x min-y max-y" \*q
>  Calibrates the X and Y axes for devices that need to scale to a different
> -coordinate system than reported to the X server.
> -Property: "Evdev Axis Calibration".
> +coordinate system than reported to the X server. This feature is required
> +for devices that need to scale to a different coordinate system than
> +originally reported by the kernel (e.g. touchscreens). The scaling to the
> +custom coordinate system is done in-driver and the X server is unaware of
> +the transformation. Property: "Evdev Axis Calibration".
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "Option \*qSwapAxes\*q \*q" Bool \*q
>  Swap x/y axes. Default: off. Property: "Evdev Axes Swap".
> @@ -183,9 +186,7 @@ driver.
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "Evdev Axis Calibration"
>  4 32-bit values, order min-x, max-x, min-y, max-y or 0 values to disable
> -run-time axis calibration. This feature is required for devices that need to
> -scale to a different coordinate system than originally reported to the X
> -server, such as touchscreens that require run-time calibration.
> +in-driver axis calibration.
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "Evdev Axis Inversion"
>  2 boolean values (8 bit, 0 or 1), order X, Y. 1 inverts the axis.
> diff --git a/src/evdev.c b/src/evdev.c
> index 70a700a..c50f1df 100644
> --- a/src/evdev.c
> +++ b/src/evdev.c
> @@ -2053,13 +2053,12 @@ EvdevPreInit(InputDriverPtr drv, IDevPtr dev, int flags)
>          num_calibration = sscanf(str, "%d %d %d %d",
>                                   &calibration[0], &calibration[1],
>                                   &calibration[2], &calibration[3]);
> -        if (num_calibration == 4) {
> +        if (num_calibration == 4)
>              EvdevSetCalibration(pInfo, num_calibration, calibration);
> -        } else {
> +        else
>              xf86Msg(X_ERROR,
> -                    "%s: Unsupported number of calibration factors: %d\n",
> +                    "%s: Unsufficient calibration factors (%d). Ignoring calibration.\n",
>                      pInfo->name, num_calibration);
> -        }
>      }
>  
>      /* Grabbing the event device stops in-kernel event forwarding. In other
> 



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