From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261368AbUAEUx3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:53:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264494AbUAEUx2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:53:28 -0500 Received: from smtp2.dei.uc.pt ([193.137.203.229]:29614 "EHLO smtp2.dei.uc.pt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261368AbUAEUxQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:53:16 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:52:56 +0000 (WET) From: "Marcos D. Marado Torres" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] psmouse info in 2.6.1-rc1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200401051317.23795.dtor_core@ameritech.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-UC-DEI-MailScanner-Information: Please contact helpdesk@dei.uc.pt for more information X-UC-DEI-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there... Somebody replied privatly to me about this patch, telling me to submit it somewhere... But I mistakenly deleted it :-( Could that person please send it to me again? Thanks in advance, Mind Booster Noori - -- ================================================== Marcos Daniel Marado Torres AKA Mind Booster Noori /"\ http://student.dei.uc.pt/~marado \ / marado@student.dei.uc.pt X ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ against HTML e-mail and Micro$oft attachments ================================================== On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Marcos D. Marado Torres wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On Monday 05 January 2004 12:16 pm, Marcos D. Marado Torres wrote: > > > Hi there... > > > I don't really know if this is only in -rc1-mm1 but I suppose -rc1 is > > > affected also. > > > > > > The new changes in drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c make that we > > > don't have anymore to give to kernel psmouse_proto=imps, but only > > > proto=imps , so the info about it is wrong... Please apply the patch: > > > > > > --- linux-2.6.1-rc1-mm2/drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig 2004-01-05 > > > 10:51:16.000000000 +0100 +++ > > > linux-2.6.1-rc1-mm2-mbn1/drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig 2004-01-05 > > > 13:34:26.000000000 +0100 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ > > > http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/gpm/gpm.html > > > to take advantage of the advanced features of the touchpad. > > > If you do not want install specialized drivers but want > > > tapping - working please use option psmouse.proto=imps. > > > + working please use option proto=imps. > > > > > > If unsure, say Y. > > > > > > It is psmouse.proto=imps if psmouse is built in the kernel and proto=imps > > if psmouse is compiled as a module. I mentioned only the first form because > > I assumed that most people have it built-in. > > Weird: I have it built in the kernel and need to do proto=imps and not > psmouse.proto=imps ... > > Anyway, wasn't the patch (one of) made so that users would have to pass to the > kernel the same for both cases? > > > Generally with the module_param macros kernel parameters have a prefix > > in form of "module_name." if module is built into the kernel. > > > > Dmitry > > > > > -- > ================================================== > Marcos Daniel Marado Torres AKA Mind Booster Noori > /"\ http://student.dei.uc.pt/~marado > \ / marado@student.dei.uc.pt > X ASCII Ribbon Campaign > / \ against HTML e-mail and Micro$oft attachments > ================================================== > > > ------------ Output from gpg ------------ > gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! > gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information > gpg: Signature made Mon 05 Jan 2004 06:29:23 PM WET using DSA key ID 6FA80F7E > gpg: Good signature from "Mind Booster Noori " > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQE/+c6rmNlq8m+oD34RAo1nAJ0QgWIzTkX/LL/KO5gzL0dFsVh/oQCfbEpB 0iLrvtzbQtTfmiCXARnGP5I= =URqq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----