From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" Subject: Re: [RFC] psmouse: add support for 4th button using the 4th bit Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:39:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20070402204810.GC14838@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070402204810.GC14838@redhat.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Unsubscribe: To: Aristeu Rozanski Cc: linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Hi Aristeu, On 4/2/07, Aristeu Rozanski wrote: > Some mice like the Cortron Trackball use the fourth bit of the first byte > (yes, that one that the protocol tells to be always 1, oh well) to represent > the fourth button. This patch adds an option to use the fourth bit to > represent the fourth button. > > Please comment on this and please keep me on Cc list, I'm not subscribed to > linux-input. > Do you know if there is a way (like a magic knock) that would allow to identify Cortron's devices? I don't like the module option too much, given the fact that it will affect all devices. Maybe we should define Cortron protocol instead and activate it manually via sysfs? -- Dmitry