[pkg-fso-maint] linux-image-2.6.39-gta02-gta02 2.6.39-1gta022 -- now with 1302 modules!

[Heiko Stübner]

Am Mittwoch 16 November 2011, 22:48:46 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors:
> Hello,
> 
> version 2.6.39-1gta022 of my unofficial gta02 kernels is available:
> 
> http://lindi.iki.fi/lindi/openmoko/linux-2.6-gta02/try2/
> https://gitorious.org/pkg-fso/linux-2-6-gta02/commits/gta02
> http://lindi.iki.fi/lindi/openmoko/linux-2.6-gta02/try2/dmesg.txt
> 
> linux-2.6 (2.6.39-1gta022) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
> 
>   * Split -dbg package to -minimal-dbg and -dbg.
>   * Remove mmc patches that were reverted anyway.
>   * Use kernel configuration that is much more similar to
>     normal Debian kernels.
>   * Bump abiname to gta022 to make it possible to install two
>     versions at the same time.
> 
>  -- Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors at iki.fi>  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:20:23
> +0200
> 
> 
> I have used this kernel for more than 24 hours without seeing any
> regressions. Please test and report any problems you find. The most
> important feature of this version is that it uses the standard debian
> kernel configuration which means that you get 1302 modules.
> 
cool ... will have to dig up my freerunner again and have a look

> Last but not least I started compiling notes on the patches that are
> still not upstreamed at
> 
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Kernel/Upstreaming
while scrolling through the list I came upon:

----
tslib relies on ts pressures events so this hack is needed to get tslib stuff 
working 
lindi: s3c specific. hack? I personally can live with evdev if this really 
only affects tslib.
Paul: hm, worth investigating more: is not returning pressure at all a valid 
thing to do for a TS driver?
----

As I'm currently also working on a touchscreen driver I came upon a lot of 
discussion and documentation about the handling of pressure values.

In the end a driver should not use the pressure property at all if it can't 
provide meaningfull pressure data (i.e. more than 0 and 1) and tslib should be 
"long fixed", if one does not use an ancient version.

Heiko