[Gta04-owner] Touch screen patch for Android

[Radek Polak]

On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 04:04:14 PM Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> many thanks!
> 
> Am 30.07.2013 um 15:20 schrieb Paul Kocialkowski:
> > Le mardi 30 juillet 2013 à 15:10 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller a
> > 
> > écrit :
> >> Hi,
> >> a) the kernel.org people will just say that there is the ioctl()
> >> and Android user space has to use it.
> >> b) Android people will probably say that the kernel has to do it (as
> >> it was apparently done by the Android kernels)
> > 
> > We HAVE TO patch the kernel for this, not the userspace. I am not going
> > to accept any patch that modifies the framework for that purpose into
> > Replicant.
> 
> Well that is what I have expected as the deadlock...
> 
> The Kenrel.org people have this in the latest kernel source:
> 
> 	event.time = ktime_to_timeval(client->clkid == CLOCK_MONOTONIC ?
> 				      mono : real);
> 
> And they will say they are not going to accept any patch that modifies this
> fundamental function (being deployed from any x86 server to some IBM
> mainframe). And we have to use the ioctl() intended for the same purpose.
> 
> So you have to wrestle with Linus :)
> 
> But there may be a solution: if the kernel doesn't support the ioctl() it
> will most likely just be ignored. So adding a patch as suggested by Radek
> won't hurt. Isn't it?

The patch is backported from newer android version (4.2?) but if Paul prefers 
doing this in kernel i'd do it there - unless this breaks Xorg or qtmoko.

Regards

Radek