From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:51686 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750950AbdAWPcn (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:32:43 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:32:34 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Paul Donohue Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Request to apply commit 864db929 (Input: ALPS - fix TrackStick support for SS5 hardware) to 4.9 Message-ID: <20170123153234.GA29715@kroah.com> References: <20170121180039.GC6306@TopQuark.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170121180039.GC6306@TopQuark.net> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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