From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Gamari Subject: Re: New Alps protocol in the wild? Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:35:46 -0400 Message-ID: <87ehm9mx99.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20120814103553.GF23370@arianrhod.panaceas.james.local> <87mx1xxy1y.fsf@gmail.com> <20120814160519.GC12473@artemis.panaceas.org> <87ipckwvp4.fsf@gmail.com> <87sjbnzau7.fsf@gmail.com> <502E756C.4080509@dahetral.com> <87zk5ta1qv.fsf@gmail.com> <504B3F49.9020601@dahetral.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-vc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.220.174]:52087 "EHLO mail-vc0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932152Ab2IJUfx (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:35:53 -0400 Received: by vcbfy27 with SMTP id fy27so1968200vcb.19 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:35:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <504B3F49.9020601@dahetral.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: dturvene Cc: James , Ignacio Casal Quinteiro , linux-input@vger.kernel.org dturvene writes: > On 08/17/2012 01:04 PM, Ben Gamari wrote: snip > Hi Ben, etc. - > > I just got back to looking at the Alps driver on a Dell IR15 N5110. I > was using Virtualbox but switched to Qemu (1.1.1) based on your > progress, patched the ps2.c and acpi-dsdt.dsl (making sure to build the > hex file included in acpi.c .) I'm running vista as the guest OS, > which normally loads a generic ps/2 driver. The Alps touchpad works and > ps2 events are being logged. When I try to install the Alps driver, it > fails because (I guess) qemu has a preconfigured notion of what hardware > is running. I'm trying to figure out how to configure qemu to detect > the real ALPS touchpad. > > I welcome from the community and you any ideas for qemu to detect the > alps touchpad. > If the D6430 is any indication, it seems the driver likely only checks the DSDT. Are you certain you modified this correctly to reflect your machine? You'll need to carefully compare the DSDT of your machine and that of Qemu. Given that James was the one to initially crack this one, he might have some more concrete advice. Cheers, - Ben