From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Paul Donohue <linux-kernel@PaulSD.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Request to apply commit 864db929 (Input: ALPS - fix TrackStick support for SS5 hardware) to 4.9
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:32:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170123153234.GA29715@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170121180039.GC6306@TopQuark.net>
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 01:00:39PM -0500, Paul Donohue wrote:
> An updated ALPS mouse driver was merged in Kernel 4.9, which includes support for new ALPS SS5 devices. These devices were previously supported as generic PS/2 devices, but the new driver adds support for advanced mouse features such as scrolling.
>
> Unfortunately, the driver in 4.9 has a bug that causes some unexpected behaviors, particularly when the TouchPad and TrackStick are used at the same time. Commit 864db929 (Input: ALPS - fix TrackStick support for SS5 hardware) fixes that bug, but was not merged until 4.10-rc1.
>
> Some users are complaining about this bug in 4.9, for example: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191741 Due to these complaints, I believe we should backport this fix to 4.9.
Now queued up, thanks.
greg k-h
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