From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp103.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.102]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36370688D6 for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:52:13 +1100 (EST) From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:52:09 -0500 References: <111520052143.16540.437A5680000BE8A60000409C220076369200009A9B9CD3040A029D0A05@comcast.net> <20051224231928.GC2183@elf.ucw.cz> <1135470801.6387.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1135470801.6387.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <200512241952.10687.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Cc: Parag Warudkar , linux-kernel , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, Pavel Machek Subject: Re: PowerBook5,8 - TrackPad update List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Saturday 24 December 2005 19:33, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > It should be doable once in gpm, all other apps can use gpm's repeater > > mode... > > > > > When it's in raw mode for use by the synaptics X driver, if course, it's > > > expected that those things are to be done by that driver. > > > > ...but you are right, doing it in /dev/input/mice emulation layer > > makes some sense. OTOH I thought we were moving away from > > /dev/input/mice... Its Dmitry's call I guess. > > Heh, yes, it is. No hurry anyway, I finally got synaptics working > properly in X ... > > Why would we move away from the mouse mux ? It's proven to be very > useful to me at least :) > It is very limited - number of buttons, wheels, etc. Once X supports hotplugging mouse multipexor outgrows its usefullness (GPM can simply be restarted every time we detect new input device). -- Dmitry