Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 + alps locks input in X (alps not identifying correctly)

[Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>]

On Monday 27 September 2004 10:46 pm, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > Or better yet, use the auto-dev feature, which should work if you have
> > a new enough X driver and kernel patch.
> > 
> 
> auto-dev doesn't work for me and I don't have time to check it
> out.

Addition of Kensington ThinkingMouse / ExpertMouse support caused Synaptics
and ALPS protocol numbers to move to 8 and 9 respectively which broke Peter's
auto-dev detection. 

Vojtech, we need to keep protcol numbers stable, I propose something like this:

enum psmouse_type {
        PSMOUSE_PS2		= 0,
        PSMOUSE_PS2PP,
        PSMOUSE_THINKPS,
        PSMOUSE_GENPS		= 64,	/* 4 byte protocol start */
        PSMOUSE_IMPS,
        PSMOUSE_IMEX,
        PSMOUSE_SYNAPTICS	= 128,	/* 5+ byte protocols start */
        PSMOUSE_ALPS,
};


Peter, if we adopt the scheme above you will have to check both for old and
new protocol numbers; in addition you need to BTN_TOOL_FINGER device bit to
make sure you are dealing with a touchpad.

Any holes here?
  
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Dmitry