From: <jhf@rivenstone.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PS/2 mouse rate setting
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:56:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031028035625.GB20145@rivenstone.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031028035244.GA20145@rivenstone.net>
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:52:44PM -0500, I wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:32:15AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > >
> > > 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=80)
> > > because it does things very differently out of the box.
> >
> > I agree. The keyboard driver has also deteriorated, I think.
> >
> > 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?
> >
>
> 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?
D'oh, forgot the patch. This is the same patch that was in -mm,
rediffed against -test9 and tested to compile. I've been running this
same patch on vanilla and -mm kernels for months now.
--
Joseph Fannin
jhf@rivenstone.net
Rothchild's Rule -- "For every phenomenon, however complex, someone will
eventually come up with a simple and elegant theory. This theory will
be wrong."
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diff -aur linux-2.6.0-test9_orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt linux-2.6.0-test9/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- linux-2.6.0-test9_orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2003-10-27 15:50:46.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-test9/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2003-10-27 15:53:58.000000000 -0500
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@
before loading.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
+ psmouse_imps2 [HW,MOUSE] Probe only for Intellimouse PS2 mouse protocol extensions
+
psmouse_noext [HW,MOUSE] Disable probing for PS2 mouse protocol extensions
psmouse_resetafter=
diff -aur linux-2.6.0-test9_orig/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c linux-2.6.0-test9/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
--- linux-2.6.0-test9_orig/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c 2003-10-27 15:50:33.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-test9/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c 2003-10-27 15:53:58.000000000 -0500
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
MODULE_AUTHOR("Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PS/2 mouse driver");
+MODULE_PARM(psmouse_imps2, "1i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(psmouse_imps2, "Limit protocol extensions to the Intellimouse protocol.");
MODULE_PARM(psmouse_noext, "1i");
MODULE_PARM_DESC(psmouse_noext, "Disable any protocol extensions. Useful for KVM switches.");
MODULE_PARM(psmouse_resolution, "i");
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
#define PSMOUSE_LOGITECH_SMARTSCROLL 1
+static int psmouse_imps2;
static int psmouse_noext;
int psmouse_resolution;
unsigned int psmouse_rate = 60;
@@ -275,66 +278,68 @@
if (psmouse_noext)
return PSMOUSE_PS2;
-/*
- * Try Synaptics TouchPad magic ID
- */
-
- param[0] = 0;
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO);
+ if (!psmouse_imps2) {
- if (param[1] == 0x47) {
- psmouse->vendor = "Synaptics";
- psmouse->name = "TouchPad";
- if (!synaptics_init(psmouse))
- return PSMOUSE_SYNAPTICS;
- else
- return PSMOUSE_PS2;
- }
+ /*
+ * Try Synaptics TouchPad magic ID
+ */
-/*
- * Try Genius NetMouse magic init.
- */
+ param[0] = 0;
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO);
+
+ if (param[1] == 0x47) {
+ psmouse->vendor = "Synaptics";
+ psmouse->name = "TouchPad";
+ if (!synaptics_init(psmouse))
+ return PSMOUSE_SYNAPTICS;
+ else
+ return PSMOUSE_PS2;
+ }
- param[0] = 3;
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO);
+ /*
+ * Try Genius NetMouse magic init.
+ */
- if (param[0] == 0x00 && param[1] == 0x33 && param[2] == 0x55) {
+ param[0] = 3;
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO);
- set_bit(BTN_EXTRA, psmouse->dev.keybit);
- set_bit(BTN_SIDE, psmouse->dev.keybit);
- set_bit(REL_WHEEL, psmouse->dev.relbit);
+ if (param[0] == 0x00 && param[1] == 0x33 && param[2] == 0x55) {
- psmouse->vendor = "Genius";
- psmouse->name = "Wheel Mouse";
- return PSMOUSE_GENPS;
- }
+ set_bit(BTN_EXTRA, psmouse->dev.keybit);
+ set_bit(BTN_SIDE, psmouse->dev.keybit);
+ set_bit(REL_WHEEL, psmouse->dev.relbit);
-/*
- * Try Logitech magic ID.
- */
+ psmouse->vendor = "Genius";
+ psmouse->name = "Wheel Mouse";
+ return PSMOUSE_GENPS;
+ }
- param[0] = 0;
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
- psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
- param[1] = 0;
- psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO);
+ /*
+ * Try Logitech magic ID.
+ */
- if (param[1]) {
- int type = ps2pp_detect_model(psmouse, param);
- if (type)
- return type;
+ param[0] = 0;
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSCALE11);
+ param[1] = 0;
+ psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO);
+
+ if (param[1]) {
+ int type = ps2pp_detect_model(psmouse, param);
+ if (type)
+ return type;
+ }
}
-
/*
* Try IntelliMouse magic init.
*/
@@ -627,6 +632,12 @@
};
#ifndef MODULE
+static int __init psmouse_imps2_setup(char *str)
+{
+ psmouse_imps2 = 1;
+ return 1;
+}
+
static int __init psmouse_noext_setup(char *str)
{
psmouse_noext = 1;
@@ -651,6 +662,7 @@
return 1;
}
+__setup("psmouse_imps2", psmouse_imps2_setup);
__setup("psmouse_noext", psmouse_noext_setup);
__setup("psmouse_resolution=", psmouse_resolution_setup);
__setup("psmouse_smartscroll=", psmouse_smartscroll_setup);
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-27 14:02 [PATCH] PS/2 mouse rate setting Andi Kleen
2003-10-27 16:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-10-27 18:38 ` Andi Kleen
2003-10-27 18:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-10-27 19:29 ` Andi Kleen
2003-10-28 0:55 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-10-28 1:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-10-28 1:29 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-10-27 22:47 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-10-27 23:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-10-28 3:52 ` jhf
2003-10-28 3:56 ` jhf [this message]
2003-10-28 9:47 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-10-29 6:36 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2003-10-29 8:30 ` Vojtech Pavlik
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