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
next prev parent 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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