elan: Add a few comments that stopping/callibrating helps

Apparently stopping/callibrating helps with the reliability of these
sensors. Add a few comments so that this information is known.

See https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/-/issues/216#note_619467
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Benjamin Berg 2020-11-18 15:17:13 +01:00
parent fe498c56c7
commit 656bf3d175

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@ -607,6 +607,10 @@ capture_complete (FpiSsm *ssm, FpDevice *_dev, GError *error)
fpi_image_device_session_error (dev, error); fpi_image_device_session_error (dev, error);
} }
/* Note: We always stop capturing even if that may not be needed always.
* Doing this between captures appears to make it at least less likely for
* devices to end up in a bad state.
*/
elan_stop_capture (self); elan_stop_capture (self);
} }
@ -955,6 +959,10 @@ dev_change_state (FpImageDevice *dev, FpiImageDeviceState state)
G_DEBUG_HERE (); G_DEBUG_HERE ();
/* Note: We always calibrate even if that may not be needed always.
* Doing this for each capture appears to make it at least less likely for
* devices to end up in a bad state.
*/
if (state == FPI_IMAGE_DEVICE_STATE_AWAIT_FINGER_ON) if (state == FPI_IMAGE_DEVICE_STATE_AWAIT_FINGER_ON)
elan_calibrate (self); elan_calibrate (self);
} }