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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@canonical.com>
Cc: Sebastian Schmidt <yath@yath.de>,
	dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Changing speed on ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th trackpoint causes "failed to enable mouse"
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:26:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171230152616.GA26378@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4eeea63f-3131-0571-26e4-0f645dd3bc62@canonical.com>


A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11:08:44PM +0800, Aaron Ma wrote:
> Greg, Please check my last e-mail.

Define "last" :)

> My patch will enable the synaptic trackpoint features like scroll mode
> with middle button and trackpoint stick.
> 
> Even there is a firmware issue that it can not be set speed on sysfs.

What does that mean?

> But it is not driver issue.
> We can NOT to make wrong code than facing the real issue.

Again, I can not parse this, sorry.

If reverting a patch causes the device to work properly again, it needs
to be reverted, right?  Otherwise it is a regression, and we don't like
those at all.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-30 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-28  9:11 PROBLEM: Changing speed on ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th trackpoint causes "failed to enable mouse" Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-28 10:56 ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-28 14:28   ` Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-28 15:53     ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-29 19:05       ` Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-30  6:43         ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30  9:57           ` Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-30 13:54             ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30 14:11               ` Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-30 14:17                 ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30 14:40                   ` Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-30 15:00                     ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30 15:02                     ` Greg KH
2017-12-30 15:08                       ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30 15:26                         ` Greg KH [this message]
2017-12-30 15:46                           ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30 15:53                             ` Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-30 17:37                               ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30 18:16                                 ` Sebastian Schmidt
2017-12-30 18:54                                   ` Aaron Ma
2017-12-30 15:24                       ` Sebastian Schmidt

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