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@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ ALPS Touchpad Protocol
Introduction
------------
-Currently the ALPS touchpad driver supports five protocol versions in use by
-ALPS touchpads, called versions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
+Currently the ALPS touchpad driver supports seven protocol versions in use by
+ALPS touchpads, called versions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Since roughly mid-2010 several new ALPS touchpads have been released and
integrated into a variety of laptops and netbooks. These new touchpads
@@ -240,3 +240,67 @@ For mt, the format is:
byte 3: 0 x23 x22 x21 x20 x19 x18 x17
byte 4: 0 x9 x8 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3
byte 5: 0 x16 x15 x14 x13 x12 x11 x10
+
+ALPS Absolute Mode - Protocol Version 6
+---------------------------------------
+
+For trackstick packet, the format is:
+
+ byte 0: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+ byte 1: 0 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 X1 X0
+ byte 2: 0 Y6 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1 Y0
+ byte 3: ? Y7 X7 ? ? M R L
+ byte 4: Z7 Z6 Z5 Z4 Z3 Z2 Z1 Z0
+ byte 5: 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+
+For touchpad packet, the format is:
+
+ byte 0: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+ byte 1: 0 0 0 0 x3 x2 x1 x0
+ byte 2: 0 0 0 0 y3 y2 y1 y0
+ byte 3: ? x7 x6 x5 x4 ? r l
+ byte 4: ? y7 y6 y5 y4 ? ? ?
+ byte 5: z7 z6 z5 z4 z3 z2 z1 z0
+
+(v6 touchpad does not have middle button)
+
+ALPS Absolute Mode - Protocol Version 7
+---------------------------------------
+
+For trackstick packet, the format is:
+
+ byte 0: 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
+ byte 1: 1 1 * * 1 M R L
+ byte 2: X7 1 X5 X4 X3 X2 X1 X0
+ byte 3: Z6 1 Y6 X6 1 Y2 Y1 Y0
+ byte 4: Y7 0 Y5 Y4 Y3 1 1 0
+ byte 5: T&P 0 Z5 Z4 Z3 Z2 Z1 Z0
+
+For touchpad packet, the format is:
+
+ packet-fmt b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
+ byte 0: TWO & MULTI L 1 R M 1 Y0-2 Y0-1 Y0-0
+ byte 0: NEW L 1 X1-5 1 1 Y0-2 Y0-1 Y0-0
+ byte 1: Y0-10 Y0-9 Y0-8 Y0-7 Y0-6 Y0-5 Y0-4 Y0-3
+ byte 2: X0-11 1 X0-10 X0-9 X0-8 X0-7 X0-6 X0-5
+ byte 3: X1-11 1 X0-4 X0-3 1 X0-2 X0-1 X0-0
+ byte 4: TWO X1-10 TWO X1-9 X1-8 X1-7 X1-6 X1-5 X1-4
+ byte 4: MULTI X1-10 TWO X1-9 X1-8 X1-7 X1-6 Y1-5 1
+ byte 4: NEW X1-10 TWO X1-9 X1-8 X1-7 X1-6 0 0
+ byte 5: TWO & NEW Y1-10 0 Y1-9 Y1-8 Y1-7 Y1-6 Y1-5 Y1-4
+ byte 5: MULTI Y1-10 0 Y1-9 Y1-8 Y1-7 Y1-6 F-1 F-0
+
+ L: Left button
+ R / M: Non-clickpads: Right / Middle button
+ Clickpads: When > 2 fingers are down, and some fingers
+ are in the button area, then the 2 coordinates reported
+ are for fingers outside the button area and these report
+ extra fingers being present in the right / left button
+ area. Note these fingers are not added to the F field!
+ so if a TWO packet is received and R = 1 then there are
+ 3 fingers down, etc.
+ TWO: 1: Two touches present, byte 0/4/5 are in TWO fmt
+ 0: If byte 4 bit 0 is 1, then byte 0/4/5 are in MULTI fmt
+ otherwise byte 0 bit 4 must be set and byte 0/4/5 are
+ in NEW fmt
+ F: Number of fingers - 3, 0 means 3 fingers, 1 means 4 ...