usb stuff from a architect. direction

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Friday 15 February 2008, Chuck Robey wrote:
> OK, because of that great usb usages manual, sometime tomorrow I should
> really have all the info from the enumeration, meaning all the data in a
> report, picked apart in my head.  I understand that I'm going to need a
> driver, and I have tentatively picked out a name, uta, for Usb Tablet
> Absolute (it doesn't digitize relatively, it does it using absolute
> numbers).  OK, I can see this, but dies this mean that uta has to be able
> to feed into the moused daemon?  Also, in the deal of X11, I need to be
> able to understand if it can (with the correct interface, and what's that
> is a fine question) be placed into my xorg.conf right where I now stick my
> /dev/psm0, or does it need some sort of extra input thingy (see
> /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input) to interface it?
>
> I think maybe it might fall under the XInput description.  Anyhow, what I'm
> looking for is some advice for where I go once I write enough of the uta to
> where it works ok with moused, what needs to come next.
>
> Lastly, realize my final goal is to get this thing working with gimp.
> Everything else is extra and sacrificeable.

Hi,

Looking forward to seeing your document!

--HPS