From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264951AbTFLS6X (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:58:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264952AbTFLS6X (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:58:23 -0400 Received: from maile.telia.com ([194.22.190.16]:49149 "EHLO maile.telia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264951AbTFLS6S (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:58:18 -0400 X-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: "Joseph Fannin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Synaptics TouchPad driver for 2.5.70 References: <20030611170246.A4187@ucw.cz> <20030611203408.A6961@ucw.cz> <20030612024814.GB4787@rivenstone.net> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 12 Jun 2003 21:11:42 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20030612024814.GB4787@rivenstone.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Joseph Fannin" writes: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 11:23:48PM +0200, Peter Osterlund wrote: > > > Here is a new patch that sends ABS_ events to user space. I haven't > > modified the XFree86 driver to handle this format yet, but I used > > /dev/input/event* to verify that the driver generates correct data. > > How well will GPM (for example) work with this? GPM will need some changes to support the new ABS format, but I think it will be quite easy to make those changes. This driver will also make it possible to run GPM and the XFree86 driver simultaneously, something that didn't work before. -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340