Re: [PATCH] ati_remote2 autorepeat and loadable keymap support

["Ville Syrjälä" <syrjala@sci.fi>]

On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 03:01:44PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> 
> > > I don't seem to see you in MAINTAINERS entry, so that's probably why you 
> > > didn't receive confirmation when Andrew has put this patch into -mm.
> > I guess MODULE_AUTHOR() isn't enough then. I'll send a patch for
> > MAINTAINERS.
> 
> I don't know the exact algorithm Andrew uses to send out CCs when patch is 
> merged, but MAINTAINERS entry would definitely help.
> 
> > Hmm. IIRC I had one USB mouse which also sent repeat events and the 
> > driver didn't seem to filter them out which is why I added checks to 
> > DirectFB's input driver to filter them in user space. Was that a bug in 
> > the usbhid driver or does it depend on the actual hardware? I still have 
> > that mouse so I can re-test the behavior if needed. 
> 
> Button events from mice definitely shouldn't be auto-repeated, if they are 
> reported probably by the hardware (i.e. HID_UP_BUTTON usage page, 
> MOUSE/POINTER application).
> 
> If you could recompile your kernel with CONFIG_HID_DEBUG, modprobe the 
> 'hid' module with 'debug=1' parameter, and send me the output that appears 
> in kernel log when you press (and hold) the button, I will look into it.

I'll do that tonight.

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Ville Syrjälä
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