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Input: docs - note that MT-A protocol is obsolete
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Everyone should be using multitouch protocol B (slotted) now.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
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devices capable of tracking identifiable contacts (type B), the protocol
describes how to send updates for individual contacts via event slots.

.. note::
MT potocol type A is obsolete, all kernel drivers have been
converted to use type B.

Protocol Usage
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For type A devices, all finger data bypasses input filtering, since
subsequent events of the same type refer to different fingers.

For example usage of the type A protocol, see the bcm5974 driver. For
example usage of the type B protocol, see the hid-egalax driver.

.. [#f1] Also, the difference (TOOL_X - POSITION_X) can be used to model tilt.
.. [#f2] The list can of course be extended.
.. [#f3] The mtdev project: http://bitmath.org/code/mtdev/.
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