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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Soeren Sonnenburg <sonne@debian.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>,
	olh@suse.de, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mouse button 1 emulation for mac_hid
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:42:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091114054246.GF4463@core.coreip.homeip.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1257762531.7245.23.camel@no>

Hi Soeren,

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:28:51AM +0100, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> (this is a resent with all the people included in the CC that git
>          blame'd they are the authors).
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am not sure what the future of mac_hid is (the source says will be
> removed, but since 9 years). In case it stays in kernel the attached
> patch adds support for mouse button 1 emulation. If this driver stays in
> the kernel I would also suggest to rename it - it is not mac specific (I
> am using this on a netbook).
> 
> Rationale? Broken touchpads, within linux unsupported (multi-)touchpads
> where click and hold + moving the mouse does not work (yet?).
> 

I would rather fix the touchpads so they work properly than pile more
quirks in kernel.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry

  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-14  5:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-09 10:28 [PATCH] mouse button 1 emulation for mac_hid Soeren Sonnenburg
2009-11-14  5:42 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2009-11-14 10:31   ` Soeren Sonnenburg
2009-11-16 12:59   ` Jiri Kosina
2009-11-16 17:05     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-11-16 17:11       ` Soeren Sonnenburg
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-10-31 10:57 [PATCH] mouse button #1 " Soeren Sonnenburg

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