From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263840AbTJ1Dwt (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:52:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263843AbTJ1Dwt (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:52:49 -0500 Received: from dhcp160178171.columbus.rr.com ([24.160.178.171]:14857 "EHLO nineveh.rivenstone.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263840AbTJ1Dwr (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:52:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:52:44 -0500 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz Subject: Re: [PATCH] PS/2 mouse rate setting Message-ID: <20031028035244.GA20145@rivenstone.net> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz References: <20031027140217.GA1065@averell> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:32:15AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >=20 > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Andi Kleen wrote: > >=20 > > Overall as KVM user I must say I'm not very happy with the 2.6 mouse > > driver. 2.4 pretty much worked out of the box, but 2.6 needs > > lots of strange options (psmouse_noext, psmouse_rate=3D80)=20 > > because it does things very differently out of the box. >=20 > I agree. The keyboard driver has also deteriorated, I think.=20 >=20 > I'd suggest we _not_ set the rate by default at all (and let the default > thing just happen). And only set the rate if the user _asks_ for it with > your setup thing. Mind sending me that kind of patch? >=20 I need this patch to use the scroll wheel on my Logitech mouse with my Belkin KVM switch in 2.6. This patch was in -mm for a while before some changes there broke the diff, and I got some mail from people who said it was helpful. I didn't hear about any problems. Linus, will you please consider applying it? The new mouse autodetection sets my mouse up to use the Logitech ps2++ protocol, but Belkin KVMs speak only the Microsoft Intellimouse protocol and plain ps2. In 2.4, with X and GPM set up to use the imps2 protocol, things work fine -- my mouse also speaks imps2 -- but in 2.6 I don't get a choice. One person also used it to disable the Synaptic touchpad driver at runtime without disabling the scroll wheel on their external mouse. I think the parameter this patch adds should cover most regressions that have to do with the mouse autodetection, since the Intellimouse protocol seems to be kind of a lowest common denominator because Windows supports it out of the box. Unfortunately, I was unable to get any sort of comment from Vojtech Pavlik about this patch. =20 --=20 Joseph Fannin jhf@rivenstone.net "That's all I have to say about that." -- Forrest Gump. --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/negMWv4KsgKfSVgRAlAMAKCSzj4UppzdU0G4K4ckQp6nE5H6sgCfcJVA VDFlHaqQjJReX6hUFDJuBHo= =n9vV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--